Talk:Posh

message: I don't think this word is used in most of the US.  I didn't know it before I went to Britain and none of the Americans I know did either except the ones from Massachusettes.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.44.1.200 (talk) 20:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[American English]]

message: The only evidenced definition of the word posh was 19th- and early 20th-century British slang for "money," specifically "a halfpenny, cash of small value." This word is borrowed from the Romany word påh, "half," which was used in combinations such as påhera, "halfpenny."
re Romani origin: the article 'Romani Language' mentions posh as a Romani word that has been borrowed by English.  Perhaps a link or cross reference could be made (I don't know how to do it)142.68.51.163 15:57, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but that seems to be a different, earlier meaning where "posh" meant a small amount, not ostentatious wealth. Carlo (talk) 17:19, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Money 

message: I am no sure what "describes the somewhat over-the-top affectations of luxuries affected by those with social pretensions" means but it doesn't sound correct to me.--JK the unwise 14:19, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I must agree. I believe that the intro line is a jumble of unecessary euphemisms/politically correct terms. It definitely needs to be replaced. Stoa 06:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening line

message: Just came back from a trip to Jersey, and saw on various signs and notices "Parish Of St Hellier", often abbreviated to POSH - Just a thought... CarrPA 18:24, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Possible but unlikely etymology - I'd be personally very interest in any further research you do on that, but it's clearly original research and thus not something we can put in the article  --Estarriol talk 15:34, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Jersey connection?

message: I've added some basic section headers and changed the order of paragraphs around to suit the general reference better, of course this is from my sense of the word so the opinions of others would be very welcome.  I think this article could do with some work, although there's good material here already... it's missing something, IMO, for a reader who had come here to learn the sense of the word. --Estarriol talk 15:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reordering of article 

message: The article is included in the :Category:Romani loan words, but nothing is said in the article to suggest that this term actually comes from Romani--Al Bargit
See the additional paragraph and reference point to 1890s Dictionary that I added. This seems to be the Romani source point and also includes the 'dandy' definition. joeteller  —Preceding comment was added at 18:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Romani word? 

message: I have removed:
~ Posh and Naughty~
Posh and Naughty is a Unique Boutique located in the Quaker Hill Section of Portsmouth, RI
It is an exciting place created and owned by Trisha Smith, a single mother who came up with the idea after fighting and winning an 18 month custody battle that nearly broke her confidence, one day she used that last grain of resilency in her heart, woke up feeling that it was the start of something new and went out and ambitiously secured the location of 2576 East Main Road with $10.00 in her pocket, entrepreneurial sprit and the resolve that she would succeed in this endeavor. You can visit www.poshandnaughty.com for more information.
From the football section. Metty 13:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted 

message: During cruises from the UK to India and similar locals, "Port out, Starboard home" would refer to having a view of land (more interesting than a view of blank ocean, not the "shady" side (which would vary between morning and afternoon).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.60.67.242 (talk) 01:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: P.O.S.H. and views of land

message: As far as I can see, this is not an encyclopaedia article. Posh is near universally understood as an adjective. The current assertion that it is "an element of fashion" would need to be strongly supported. I think that some of the content could probably go into the Wiktionary entry for "posh". However, I think the rest (for example the Peterborough United and Plain Old Semantic HTML content) either already is, or easily could be, incorporated into a relevant article. If you examine 75.74.156.42's edits, you will find that s/he has a point in objecting to the description of "posh" as an adjective. However, 75.74.156.42's removal of dictionary style content doesn't change the fact that there doesn't seem to be genuine encyclopaedic significance to this article. I also don't really see how this could be a useful redirect page, either. It could maybe be a disambiguation page for Victoria Beckham and Peterborough United but how useful would that be? 
So do we have good reasons why this article needs to stay? 75.74.156.42 seems to be the user who has the strongest opinions about the value of posh as something other than an adjective, so if s/he could contribute and support the "element on fashion" claim with sources , we might be able to move toward building an encyclopaedic article, even if its only a stub. If we can't I will list this article in AfD and we can move on to the next stage of the process. Thanks in advance for your contributions. Howfar (talk) 01:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Do we have good arguments against the deletion of this page?

message: P.O.S.H.= for passenger vessels traveling to and  from America or the Caribbean,  debarking from either England or Europe in the Northern Hemisphere meant Port Out(left side of ship) and Starboard Home
(right side of ship). Allowing the Higher $paying passengers (*usually with balconies or private suites) to observe the sunsets
while on holiday or a voyage, in both directions.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:244:5380:a340:157d:6606:2589:4531 (talk • contribs) 10:19, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: This is untrue, and has been comprehensively debunked in this article.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:14, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purported origin