' Tight (drunk) - 'I've been drinking since lunchtime and I'm afraid I'm now rather tight. ' Blotto (really drunk) - 'Can't talk.
/ (pɒʃ) informal, mainly British / adjective. smart, elegant, or fashionable; exclusive: posh clothes. upper-class or genteel.
swank. swanky. trendy. la-di-da.
Nevertheless, RP remains the national standard and has traditionally been considered by many to be the most prestigious accent of British English.
The standard British accent is something called received pronunciation, or RP. Geographically, people who speak with this accent live in the southeastern part of England. This is traditionally a “posh” part of England, so this accent is considered to be upper/middle class.
“Aspiring to be a higher class than one is. Derived from bourgeois - meaning middle/upper class, traditionally despised by communists.” So in modern-day English, someone who is bougie is creating an air of wealth or upper class status — whether it's true or not.
Classy is a word used to describe people, places or things, that have a lot of "class." But a classy person isn't just someone who wears expensive clothes. Classy can also refer to someone who puts a high standard on the way he behaves.
Some common synonyms of rich are affluent, opulent, and wealthy.
It may be a left over from the Anglo-Saxon 'hwaet' which was often used as an interjection to mean 'what!, listen!, hark!' or as an adverb meaning 'now, indeed'. But it's very much an upper class affectation these days.
Posh is a slang term for synthetic cannabinoid. "Posh is extremely dangerous because it consists of a homemade chemical compound being sprayed on dry vegetation.
Antique/Old - Vintage. Avocado - Avo. Basement - Lower ground. Champagne/Prosecco - Bubbly/fizz.
Yes, the humble toilet has been deemed too common for posh people. According to Hanson, the word's origins come from the French word 'toilette' which is used to describe someone's appearance. You really wouldn't want to look like a toilet would you? Loo or lavatory are much more acceptable.
stylish, having panache) chic. elegant. fashionable. high-class.
/pɑːʃ/ (comparative posher, superlative poshest) (informal) attractive and expensive synonym stylish.
Some who is bougie is aspiring to be a higher class than one is. Derived from bourgeois - meaning middle/upper class, traditionally despised by communists. So in modern-day English, someone who is bougie is creating an air of wealth or upper class status — whether it's true or not.
British, Australian, and Irish accents are the top 3 foreign accents people find to be most attractive. When it comes to attraction, 80% of people feel that accents make someone more attractive, with 77% saying someone's accent was what attracted them to a person.
The French accent, previously considered the sexiest in the world, has been dethroned by the British accent, aka the Queen's English, in a global study carried out by Time Out in over 30 countries.
British accent has been rated as the most attractive English accent in the world, according to a new survey by the CEOWORLD magazine. The results were revealed in a global study, which questioned 96,398 people across 32 countries worldwide to list “most attractive English accents” other than their own.