AIBU unreasonable to hate the word posh?

Port out, starboard home. Something to do with sailing?

Why do you hate the word?

Oh dear, I use posh alot. Not about people, but about décor, fashion and foods. I think I mean chic, classy, elegant - that sort of thing - along with being a bit sassy.

Ooh, no, I don’t think of it as sassy - more, rather superior and smug

A good example is a friend saying to me “ why did you send your children to a posh school”.
Is this derogatory ?
Why not ask why I opted out of the state system or do you feel a public school education is better?
I was told I had a posh voice, did this mean I spoke nicely or am I up myself?
It’s such a horrible word.

chocolatepudding

Port out, starboard home. Something to do with sailing?

Indian raj days. If you had money you had a cabin on the port side to go there but starboard to come “home”.

Sassy is often used to describe high quality wines on labels Sarah! 🍷 🥂

I rest my case!

Sago

A good example is a friend saying to me “ why did you send your children to a posh school”.
Is this derogatory ?
Why not ask why I opted out of the state system or do you feel a public school education is better?
I was told I had a posh voice, did this mean I spoke nicely or am I up myself?
It’s such a horrible word.

Don't get me started about schools. They aren't posh, they are schools with a difference, just that!
I think you understand me Sago.

I think it is used as a more diplomatic way of saying expensive with regards food or hotels.

When used to refer to people I was brought up with the phrase posh is as posh does people are just people, we are all different.

GrannyGravy13

I think it is used as a more diplomatic way of saying expensive with regards food or hotels.

When used to refer to people I was brought up with the phrase posh is as posh does people are just people, we are all different.

Is anything expensive posh?
Is common the opposite of posh?
If so imagine if we used the word common the way we do posh!

Thinking about it I don’t use the word except jokingly as in “ best wear a posh frock”

I am very posh.

I’d use the word to describe expensive but not in a derogatory way.
I am “common” I think. 😊

Sago

GrannyGravy13

I think it is used as a more diplomatic way of saying expensive with regards food or hotels.

When used to refer to people I was brought up with the phrase posh is as posh does people are just people, we are all different.

Is anything expensive posh?
Is common the opposite of posh?
If so imagine if we used the word common the way we do posh!

Common is used a fair bit on GN sago usually aimed at people with tattoos or wearing the wrong clothes for their body shape.

I haven’t got a problem with people using posh when referring to people/lifestyles

I have got a problem with people using common when referring to people/lifestyles

I think it is unreasonable. But that's just me thinking that hating an inoffensive word with a passion, as the OP described, is a waste of energy. I actually can't think of any word that I hate with a passion, though there are some that I don't use because people find them offensive.

I dislike it as it usually signifies disapproval, delivered with a faint sneer: a posh voice, neighbourhood, school etc, although I do like Barbara Good's posh frocks.

Lucca

chocolatepudding

Port out, starboard home. Something to do with sailing?

Indian raj days. If you had money you had a cabin on the port side to go there but starboard to come “home”.

Or when crossing the Atlantic to the States. Cabins on the port side had sunshine while travelling west, starboard cabins travelling east. The other side(s) got no sunshine.

If I say something's 'posh' (and, forgive me, I do use it) I generally mean it's a bit beyond my reach, or in some way, superior. Old habits die hard, and I'm sure my friends and family will know what I mean.

I googled posh

Posh synonyms adjective
elegant or stylishly luxurious. smart stylish upmarket fancy high-class
fashionable chic luxurious luxury deluxe exclusive select sumptuous opulent lavish grand rich elegant ornate ostentatious showy high-toned upscale classy swanky snazzy plush plushy ritzy
flash la-di-da fancy-pants swish swank
tony larney swagger swell sprauncy

adverb INFORMAL•BRITISH
in a refined or upper-class way.
"he may talk posh, but there is nothing fancy about Basil"

noun INFORMAL•BRITISH
the quality of being elegant, stylish, or upper class.
"we finally bought a colour TV, which seemed the height of posh"

verb INFORMAL•BRITISH
smarten someone or something up.
"we will be getting all poshed up for the company summer ball"

OK can't say I think of posh like that

What does being a posh mean?
adjective. If you describe a person as posh, you mean thatthey belong to or behave as if they belong to the upper classes. [mainly British, informal] I wouldn't have thought she had such posh friends. Synonyms: upper-class, high-class, top-drawer, plummy

Is the word posh offensive?
Many foreigners think posh is a compliment, but only posh people view it as such—and even then not always.Everyone else in Britain uses it as an insult. To be called posh outside of the houses of the posh is to be called spoiled, entitled, or pretentious. The British monitor class carefully

Personally I relate posh to pretentious

It's wrong to say everyone else in Britain uses it as an insult. I certainly don't.

I use the word in the same way as Lucca.

The meaning of a lot of words depends on who's hearing them, who's using them, and in what context. Context always matters.

Posh is one of those words.

kittylester

It's wrong to say everyone else in Britain uses it as an insult. I certainly don't.

I use the word in the same way as Lucca.

So do I.

I am putting on a posh frock today as I am going to a Champagne Afternoon Tea to celebrate a dear friends 60th.

I agree with you Baggs.

I use it ironically. For example, if I get invited to a nice restaurant or a formal dinner, I might say "Oooh! Do I get to wear a posh frock?" I would never usually use the words "posh" or "frock", just as I don't often have opportunities to dress up.