As a noun porch

is a covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof.

As an adjective posh is

associated with the upper classes.

As an interjection posh is

An exclamation expressing derision.

porch

English

Noun

(es)

(architecture) A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof.

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A portico; a covered walk.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* porch monkey

See also

* loggia *

posh

English

Adjective

(en-adj)

Associated with the upper classes.

She talks with a posh accent.

Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive).

After the performance they went out to a very posh restaurant.

Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that they are better than everyone else. usually offensive. (especially in Scotland and Northern England)

We have a right posh git moving in next door

Quotations

* 1919: "Well, it ain't one of the classic events. It were run over there." Docker jerked a thumb vaguely in the direction of France. "At a 'Concours Hippique,' which is posh for 'Race Meeting.' — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 18, 1919

Interjection

Posh!

* 1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Was

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