The origin of POSH
The most beleved story about the posh word goes to a travel
ship from Britain to india and the four latters of posh stand to ( port , out ,
starboard , home ) which means that you had a cabin on the port side on the
outward trip . First time the posh word was used in 1918 in a magazine .
Bibliography
Oxford
Dictionaries (2013) What is the
origin of the word 'posh'? Available
at:http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-posh (Accessed: 3 july 2013).
Mail online ( 2012 ) You don't need a top hat to be a
posh boy, [ online] available at : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2213030/You-dont-need-hat-posh-boy-Ed-Miliband.html ( ACCESSED : 3 JULY 2013 )
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