I am really posh - that's according to DGD3!!

My old mum referred to anyone who could be referred to as ‘posh’ as ‘having a bob or two’.

Maggiemaybe

We don’t have a Waitrose anywhere near here, which says it all, but my DDs have gone up in the world. Not only do they have a Waitrose within striking distance of their houses, but, even better, they have a Booths.

Oh I love Booths, I miss it so much since leaving the Ribble Valley.
We had one in Ripon but it closed.

We don’t have a Waitrose anywhere near here, which says it all, but my DDs have gone up in the world. Not only do they have a Waitrose within striking distance of their houses, but, even better, they have a Booths.

I just miss department stores!
We have John Lewis and Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh. We've lost so many.

When we were children aged 4 to 12 , just arrived in London from New Zealand. Our DM took us to Harrods on a Saturday morning where she would leave us in the pet department we eventually bought a puppy while she went off to do boring things like trying on clothes or buying something in the Food Hall.

BTW I am not advocating selling pets in dept stores or in pet shops for that matter. I'm just going down memory lane

When in Tokyo a few years back I made a point of visiting the wonderful dept store
Takashimaya where a whole floor was devoted to dress fabric and another to handmade crafts.

Bougie is the word I hear the young ones use for ‘ posh’ here.

How about "How very above stairs" instead of posh?

The too posh to push was even directed at people who’d had emergency c sections

I think we will really regret the demise of the local department stores. Well, I already do.

I agree UTBB It's not a word I take seriously, particularly in the way it's sometimes referenced as in play on word expressions, "posh nosh" "too posh to push" Upmarket is another way of expressing what in effect are superficial perceptions about the nations habits. I don't take any of it seriously, I buy a few things in Waitrose and appreciate having one in our town along with a John Lewis both places have a pull factor which I put down to the ambience appeal, calm and less frenetic than some other retail outlets, but am also equally happy that we have recently acquired an Aldi, another shop I rate quite highly.

Fallingstar

Can anyone think of a suitable word to use instead of posh, I agree it is a bit derogatory so what is a good alternative?

A very good question.

I was once labelled POSH in a derogatory manner but the same person then used the word to describe an item she owned in a complimentary way.

I would like to think quality, opulent, classy, refined, exclusive are all good but unfortunately it’s often meant as “up one’s self”.

It’s basically a horrible word along with COMMON that I never use.

I like the word posh and use it quite often in a jokey manner.
It is used in an affectionate way, “oh you do look posh” and “ how posh are you” when someone does something differently.
It is never used in a derogatory manner.

Ooooh grumppa. Pop into Fortnums on your way back from your club. Now that's exceedingly posh.

My mum called posh people 'well to do'. I don't like calling people posh but have told someone they were wearing a posh dress.

I occasionally slip into Fortnum's for something special as a gift, on my way to or from my club, so I guess I might be considered posh. I shop regularly at JL and Waitrose; does some of my poshness rub off on them?

Can anyone think of a suitable word to use instead of posh, I agree it is a bit derogatory so what is a good alternative?

Boz

I felt that I had better add that I must confess to being a foodie to the extent I have my GD buy me cheese from The Cheese Hamlet in Didsbury, M/C. Anyone know it?

No but I know Didsbury, had an aunt who lived in Stockport who would take me to Didsbury which she said was posh. Actually it is quite posh.
She used to take me to Fletcher Moss Park, not sure if it is in Didsbury but was included in the trip.

I felt that I had better add that I must confess to being a foodie to the extent I have my GD buy me cheese from The Cheese Hamlet in Didsbury, M/C. Anyone know it?

When we first came to live “oop north” we lived in a Manchester suburb for a year and I made a trip into town and into Kendal Milne for the first time.
I went to purchase a pair of stockings, this was mid 60’s when tights were possibly unknown.
When I had chosen them the snooty assistant asked if I really only wanted one pair as they usually sold them in dozens.
I did eventually come to love that shop for it’s uniqueness and character, it was ruined by The House of Frazer takeover.
The

Cossy

I utterly loathe the word “posh”, I was called “posh” at Secondary because being the GD of a classics master, good speech and proper grammar was the order of the day!

I too have been known to fraternise M&S food hall (or delivery via Ocado) and would love to shop at a farm shop but alas none near us.

Posh! Piffle!

Ah but you did have an extremely posh independent department store very near where you are now, in what used to be considered a well to do road 🙀😹

It's all about discernment,
Waitrose have stuff other supermarkets do not imo,
Arrowroot biscuits, black skinned tomatoes for example.
Excellent eggs and quality meat.
I don't think they are particularly expensive and as all food is pricey why not have the best?

I have a JL 10 minutes up the road which has an in store Waitrose so not surprisingly I use both occasionally. I really life I go to Sainsburys and Lidl (if only they did more GF).
I suppose this makes me a tiny bit posh 😂

Sago

Yesterday I had a delivery of Guinea Fowl from the Wild Meat Company.

I don’t think this an any way makes me superior, I will also be going to the market later this morning for fish, eggs and vegetables, is this considered to be an upmarket or downmarket act?

This is such a funny thread, also does one perhaps have different clothing for Waitrose say compared to Asda?

Goodness! You ARE “posh”

I utterly loathe the word “posh”, I was called “posh” at Secondary because being the GD of a classics master, good speech and proper grammar was the order of the day!

I too have been known to fraternise M&S food hall (or delivery via Ocado) and would love to shop at a farm shop but alas none near us.

Posh! Piffle!

I don’t pay for my eggs. My daughter gives me eggs from her own hens. What does that make me? A beggar? A scrounger?

I have been to Waitrose, a 12 mile drive, but since Aldi opened just over the road I shop there. Better for the environment!

I have been to JL but it is the only shop worth going to in my city, so I rarely bother.

I try to buy as little as possible. Better for the environment and less for my children to deal with when I die.

Posh doesn’t enter my vocabulary.

BlueBelle

I would say she’s got it sorted I ve never been in Waitrose or John Lewis and there’s no farms near here 🤣so I m definitely in the lower end of humans 🤣

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