posho n.
an aristocratic or upper-class individual; the inference is derog.
![]() | Up the Cross 73: She [i.e. a boat] was as sleek and toffee-nosed as the posho flyer she’d been named after. | (con. 1959)|
![]() | Independent 9 Jan. 28/8: Socially, football has been followed by the lower orders, while golf and cricket has attracted poshos. | |
![]() | Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 67: [T]he poshos clustered around Lady Cynthia scattered like fat fairy penguins. | |
![]() | Observer Mag. 19 Aug. 3: The government is petrified that Liz’s 50 years of service will pass uncelebrated, except by poshoes and wonks. | |
![]() | Eve. Standard (London) 18 Sept. 44/4: Johanna Thomas Corr loves a posho. |