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- Dictionaryposh/pɒʃ/
adjective
- 1. elegant or stylishly luxurious: "a posh hotel" Similar
adverb
- 1. in a refined or upper-class way: informal British "he may talk posh, but there is nothing fancy about Basil"
noun
- 1. the quality of being elegant, stylish, or upper class: informal British "we finally bought a colour TV, which seemed the height of posh"
verb
- 1. smarten someone or something up: informal British "we will be getting all poshed up for the company summer ball"
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Elegance does not need to be just a characteristic trait of a person. It can be exuded through their names as well. Elegant baby names such as Aria, meaning ‘lion of God,’ Dior, meaning ‘golden,’ and Sarah, meaning ‘princess,’ are some of the many perfect choices you can choose from.
1 day ago · Yes, “a trifle” as a modifier is outdated. People can still say it ironically, for example, if they are trying to sound posh, but it’s not normally used in everyday speech. “A bit” , “pretty” and “quite” are more common. Remember that “a bit” is only used with more negative adjectives - you can be “a bit sad”, but not “a bit happy”.
2 days ago · Although, like most state schools of the time, it was a bit run down, plagued by drug abuse and occasional violence, it was relatively posh. There was a mix of kids from various class backgrounds.
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1 day ago · It’s Eric Tao (Ken Leung), grizzled elder statesman, institutional loyalist, and, at this moment, Asian American outsider around a table of posh white men. Season one introduced Eric as a top dog at Pierpoint, an apex predator prowling the trading floor. Subsequent episodes have probed the naked underbelly of his ferocious persona.
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