How Posh Is Posh Spice? A Guide for the Foreign Visitor

by Abby Schoneboom

What is poshness?

Why do we care?

Dialect vs. other signs

Meeting Posh Spice

The Techniques
* The Jaw
* Tea
* p/c reflex

Conclusion
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Posh Spice What is poshness?

Hoity toity or common as muck? Bonkworld investigates.

 The word posh, defined rather simply by the Oxford English dictionary as: "upper class," carries huge emotional significance for the British individual. It defies definition, denoting a subtle mix of money, education, and culture.

It is highly subjective, varying to reflect the relative status and values of those using the term. And yet it is also resoundingly easy to define: a group of outwardly similar individuals will readily reach a consensus about who among them is or is not posh.

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Bonkworld lecture by
Abby Schoneboom, abby@bonkworld.org
Delivered September 2000
Northampton, Massachusetts

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