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ivicker | 15:31 Thu 06th Jun 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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where does the word POSH come from?
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From the upwardly mobile seagoers who went Port Out, Starboard Home.
16:16 Thu 06th Jun 2002
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Specifically, seagoing rich Brits going to India or South Africa. A cabin on the port side going TO India meant you didn't get the noonday sun all the way, and simiilarly, a cabin on the starboard side coming home meant the same thing. POSH was written on the luggage of such passengers.
11:23 Fri 07th Jun 2002

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