O/T: Does liking something that posh people like automatically make you posh?

Goldstone1976 · Aug 19, 2013

Stat Bro started a thread in response to the Millwall WSL single ticket pricing thread about the prices of opera. I posted three or four times and the title of this thread popped into my head as a genuine question.

So, how many "posh" things does someone have to like in order to themselves qualify as posh? Is one thing enough or does it have to be multiple things (if so, how many)? What constitutes a posh thing anyway? After all, posh people like eating; does that mean that anyone who eats is posh? Clearly not.

Is "posh" simply another word for "something expensive that I don't do"?

The musings of a man who likes opera, doesn't consider himself posh (but who I suspect many on here would) and has too much time on his hands atm...

Bold Seagull · Aug 19, 2013

Goldstone1976 said:
Stat Bro started a thread in response to the Millwall WSL single ticket pricing thread about the prices of opera. I posted three or four times and the title of this thread popped into my head as a genuine question.

So, how many "posh" things does someone have to like in order to themselves qualify as posh? Is one thing enough or does it have to be multiple things (if so, how many)? What constitutes a posh thing anyway? After all, posh people like eating; does that mean that anyone who eats is posh? Clearly not.

Is "posh" simply another word for "something expensive that I don't do"?

The musings of a man who likes opera, doesn't consider himself posh (but who I suspect many on here would) and has too much time on his hands atm...

You're born posh. You can 'affect' being posh, but ultimately you will be caught out at some stage.

Tricky Dicky · Aug 19, 2013

I don't suppose anyone would describe themselves as posh, it's generally used as a derogatory term.

pastafarian · Aug 19, 2013

i like to ride my servants horsey style around my meadow but i is no way posh.

Goldstone1976 · Aug 19, 2013

Bold Seagull said:
You're born posh. You can 'affect' being posh, but ultimately you will be caught out at some stage.

Interesting. So, a self made person, with a yacht, a box at the opera and Twickenham, 5 houses, and who regularly eats at Michelin-starred restaurants and has centre court tickets at Wimbledon isn't posh? He's just a nouveau-riche fool?

KZNSeagull · Aug 19, 2013

I know a "posh" person whose main passion in life is.....football. Does that make him less "posh"?

Goldstone1976 · Aug 19, 2013

Tricky Dicky said:
I don't suppose anyone would describe themselves as posh, it's generally used as a derogatory term.

Touche. You're probably right....

tinycowboy · Aug 19, 2013

For people, I think "posh" is pretty much 100% in the voice. When things rather than people are described as "posh", as has already been said, it is usually a slightly derogatory term implying something that is usually expensive and exclusive. I generally don't use the word "posh" except when referring to people, restaurants or houses. The concept of "posh music" doesn't make sense to me as CDs generally cost the same regardless of genre...

Mellotron · Aug 19, 2013

Some people think people who READ are posh.

CheeseRolls · Aug 19, 2013

Port Out Starboard Home - Surely being posh is all about wanting and affording "the best", where the best translates as lifting yourself up above others. 1901'ers are in the posh seats whether they consider themselves posh or not, because they are prepared to pay more than the rest of us to watch exactly the same game of football.

Mellotron · Aug 19, 2013

tinycowboy said:
The concept of "posh music" doesn't make sense to me as CDs generally cost the same regardless of genre...

Sophie Ellis Bextor is "posh music".

Goldstone1976 · Aug 19, 2013

Mellotron said:
Some people think people who READ are posh.

Ain't that the truth! I've heard a definition along the lines of "If you own more books than DVDs, you're posh".

daveinprague · Aug 19, 2013

Mellotron said:
Some people think people who READ are posh.

Looks like weve got ourselves a reader....youre not from around here are you boy!

Credit: Bill Hicks.

Stat Brother · Aug 19, 2013

Goldstone1976 said:
Interesting. So, a self made person, with a yacht, a box at the opera and Twickenham, 5 houses, and who regularly eats at Michelin-starred restaurants and has centre court tickets at Wimbledon isn't posh? He's just a nouveau-riche fool?

In England you can always find someone to look down their nose at you.

daveinprague · Aug 19, 2013

Mellotron said:
Sophie Ellis Bextor is "posh music".

Fancied her mum when she was on Blue Peter.

MissGull · Aug 19, 2013

I think Posh is a behaviour not a lifestyle.

Mellotron · Aug 19, 2013

Goldstone1976 said:
Ain't that the truth! I've heard a definition along the lines of "If you own more books than DVDs, you're posh".

Ah, I'm alright then.

Mellotron · Aug 19, 2013

"Oooh, this restaurant has SQUARE plates! Dead posh, that."

Goldstone1976 · Aug 19, 2013

MissGull said:
I think Posh is a behaviour not a lifestyle.

A behaviour that can be (is?) learned or one that is present from birth? Any examples?

Tricky Dicky · Aug 19, 2013

Mellotron said:
Sophie Ellis Bextor is "posh music".

Don't know if it's posh, but I wouldn't describe it as "music"

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