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Posh vs Rah - What's the difference?

posh | rah |

As adjectives the difference between posh and rah

is that posh is associated with the upper classes while rah is posh.

As interjections the difference between posh and rah

is that posh is An exclamation expressing derision.rah is an exclamation of encouragement.

As a noun rah is

a person (especially a student) with a posh accent who looks down on those who are 'common'.

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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    rah

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An exclamation of encouragement.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A person (especially a student) with a posh accent who looks down on those who are 'common'.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British) Posh.

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