Andrew Flintoff

Cricket was deemed too posh where I came from, and I'd never have risked walking home through the estates in my whites. My club played some of the posh schools. I'd have the cheapest kit, but I loved those games. As soon as the posh lads opened their mouths and you heard their accents, the stakes were raised.

English Entertainer

Celia Imrie

I've had to spend an awful lot of my life trying to pretend I'm not posh. Although once I open my mouth, I rather let things out the bag.

British Actress

Lukas Forchhammer

If I moved to L.A., I wouldn't move to a ghetto neighborhood. I'd move to some posh, fancy place.

Danish Musician

Phyllis Logan

Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is.

Scottish Actress

Kate Reardon

There's a difference between being posh and being rich.

British Journalist

Alexandra Roach

I can't wait until I'm able to afford really posh bags.

Welsh Actress

Martin Freeman

English Actor

Laura Carmichael

Prue Leith

South African Chef

Roger Allam

Often used to describe objects or services that reflect wealth such as fancy cars or five-star hotels.

Cultural Status

'Posh' implies tasteful opulence, not just a high price tag.

Not Just Costly

Sometimes used to imply that someone or something is trying too hard to appear high-class.

Social Perception

Can suggest snobbery or a condescending attitude, often leading to a negative opinion.

Negative Impression

Using 'posh' in this way can create an emotional gap between social classes.

Emotional Distance

While often associated with speech, 'posh' can refer to any action done in an elegant manner.

Not Just Talking

'Posh' as an adverb indicates high quality and attention to detail in someone's actions or lifestyle.

Signal of Quality

 are eat fruit and veg and olive oil have fewer skin wrinkles but that's because people are eating fruit and veg in olive oil they're freaks okay they're not normal they're like you they come to events like this right they are posh they're wealthy they're less likely to have outdoor jobs they're less likely to do manual labour they have better social support they're less

Battling bad science -...

 But that's because people who eat fruit and veg and olive oil are freaks -- they're not normal, they're like you; they come to events like this. They're posh, they're wealthy, less likely to have outdoor jobs, less likely to do manual labor, they have better social support, are less likely to smoke; for a host of fascinating, interlocking

Ben Goldacre: Battling...

 Playing with toys is great. Understanding how to keep our life-support systems going is great. But fundamentally, the thing that we need to change in the way that we talk about physics, is we need to understand that physics isn't out there with weird people and strange hieroglyphics for somebody else in a posh lab.

The fascinating physics...

 Some, it's quite hard to tell why. There's one particular curious meme which I rather enjoy. And I'm glad to say, as I expected, I found it when I came here, and I'm sure all of you found it, too. You go to your nice, posh, international hotel somewhere, and you come in and you put down your clothes

Susan Blackmore: Memes...

 they came home so they got rewarded for flying home and then we take them down the street to like a quarter of a mile then we jump to a half mile so it took months to do that but how can a bird with a brain the size of a posh Petit Pois PE navigate its way

Homing Pigeon: A...

 and admire them all the time. Just say to them, 'That's cool. That's fantastic. What is that? Can you do that again? Can you show me some more?'" She did that for two months. The scores went up to 50, which is what the posh schools of New Delhi,

New experiments in...

 and here we had objective measures of How long were you without power? Where did you spend your time? Was it in your mother-in-law's apartment or in some posh country home? So all of these added up to a social stress scale, and you can ask the

How early life...

 walk into this decent hotel or a restaurant not even posh and I walk in and I have people coming at me from different directions saying do you even know where you've come to are you sure you're in the right place and you know I

How I came to love my...

 way a woman can have the rights of a man is to take an oath of celibacy and become a sworn virgin Antonia first met posh csoka lea in 1994 although pashka decided on her own to become a sworn virgin it was a choice

Sworn Virgins PIPE National...

 "So no problem if you'd like to start with just one gram. I do hope we can do business together. Best wishes, Drugsheaven." I don't know why he had a posh English accent, but I assume he did.

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