Posh vs Ritzy - What's the difference?
posh | ritzy |
Associated with the upper classes.
Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive).
Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that they are better than everyone else. usually offensive. (especially in Scotland and Northern England)
* 1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling,
elegant and luxurious
* 1997 , Aileen Schumacher, Engineering for Murder , page 69
As adjectives the difference between posh and ritzy
is that posh is associated with the upper classes while ritzy is elegant and luxurious.As an interjection posh
is An exclamation expressing derision.posh
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- She talks with a posh accent.
- After the performance they went out to a very posh restaurant.
- 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, 1919Interjection
Posh!The Man Who Was
References
Anagrams
* * * * * English terms with unknown etymologies ----ritzy
English
Adjective
(er)- His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border.