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I just need some definitions on two words:

Posh?

and

Chuffed?


Thanks.

posh= upper class, toffee nosed, prince Charles is posh. more to do with accent than actual status these days.

Chuffed= pleased, happy.

Those are the definitions as I know it of course you could try dictionary.com

As i can recall POSH was a term first used to describe the placements of 1st class accomadation on a ship or ocean liner -
P.ort O.ut S.tarboard H.ome
So the rich people would always have nice scenic views on leaving and entering harbours.

Interesting how different people perceive words differently.

I would associate 'posh' with being toffee-nosed per se. Rather, I'd use it to describe rich or upper-class people, or high-cost/high quality products.

A hand-turned wooden ball vase costing hundreds of pounds, would be considered 'posh' next to a 50p plastic version from a kids' magic set.

Similarly, Roger Moore's James Bond is posh compared to Bodie and Doyle from The Professionals.

Dictionary.com defines it as:

sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment.

As for 'chuffed', I always think there's an element of pride involved there as well as just being happy. It's kind of like being happy about a job well done, or perhaps happy about a stroke of good luck.

That said, Dictionary.com simply defines it as:

delighted; pleased; satisfied

Incidentally, 'Chuffed' is not to be confused with 'chuff' - a vulgar expression referring to a lady's undercarriage.

Hope that helps,

Pete

chuffin' heck!!

My spider sense's are tingling Ian - has this question you have asked something to do with Posh and Becks

Ian the Mental-Ian wrote:I just need some definitions on two words:

Posh?

and

Chuffed?


Thanks.

Posh used to stand for Port Out, Starboard Home. It's from the days when people used to sail from England to Empire before air conditioning. The port (left) side of the boat was more expensive because it didn't have the sun beating down on it all afternoon when it's really hot. Ditto the starboard side on the way back.

Chuffed means pleased or satisfied. I dunno the etymology of that one. Probably to do with sex.

Thanks!

chuff - 1 v1 v fart. 2 n one’s posterior. 3 n Northern England vagina. 4 interj general swear word usable much the same as “f***”: It was all going fine until the chuffing pigs turned up. Entirely separate from the word “chuffed,” so use with care.

chuffed adj generally happy with life. You can also get away with saying you are “unchuffed” or “dischuffed” if something gets your back up. Make sure you only use this word in the correct tense and familiarise yourself with the meaning of the word “chuff,” too (see previous entry).

SOURCE - the septics companion

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chuffed

Tomo is right. POSH was printed on the tickets when English passengers visited the Empire we used to have Port Out Starboard Home, the best cabins not suffering the worst of the sun.

Wow, you learn something new every day

The "Port Out, Starboard Home" business is a complete myth.

The origin of "posh" seems be 18th/19th-century criminal slang. From the Romany word "posh" meaning half, it was used to mean a halfpenny and then any small amount of money, then money in general, and then someone who had money. By 1890 it was a general slang term meaning a dandy. From there it evolved into our current meaning of upper-class.

Robbie wrote:The "Port Out, Starboard Home" business is a complete myth.

The origin of "posh" seems be 18th/19th-century criminal slang. From the Romany word "posh" meaning half, it was used to mean a halfpenny and then any small amount of money, then money in general, and then someone who had money. By 1890 it was a general slang term meaning a dandy. From there it evolved into our current meaning of upper-class.

Oi, missus. shouldn't you be writing? Competitions don't win themselves, you know.

I'm also from America and I hear you guys also use "have a shower" instead of "take a shower". Is this true? And I also heard you don't have the same kind of peanut butter. Is that true?

-Ben

Robbie wrote:The "Port Out, Starboard Home" business is a complete myth.

That's right. I wondered if I'd gone a bit mad seeing so many people confirming what I thought was a myth, so I checked a dictionary!

Ben, I think we normally say "have a shower", but I can't say it's a matter of huge import. I'm not sure anyone would notice if someone said "take a shower". This leaves me with a question. Where exactly do you take them to?

You are quite right about peanut butter, though. Ours is a paste and can be made out of almost any type of food. The similarity in names stems from a bit of confusion in Cockney rhyming slang "peanut brittle" = "victuals".

OK, that last bit isn't true. Do you have any idea why American peanut butter might be different from the sort in the UK? I've had Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and the peanut butter seems pretty much the same as the brands you get here.