What is the origin of ‘posh’? @OxfordLanguages
What is the origin of ‘posh’? @OxfordLanguages
Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Posh means ‘elegant or stylishly luxurious’, but what is the origin of the word; does it stand for ‘port out, starboard home’? Our video addresses the theory… For more information, head over to oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-posh
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What is the origin of ‘posh’?

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