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Posh vs Ostentious - What's the difference?

posh | ostentious |

As an adjective posh

is associated with the upper classes.

As an interjection posh

is An exclamation expressing derision.

As a noun ostentious is

misspelling of lang=en.

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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    ostentious

    English

    Noun

    (head)