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How the other half live, eh?
From the Make Everything Posh challenge. See all 242 entries (closed)
(, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:16, archived)
AH!I've been try to think of a way to use that :)
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Rocker_44 (-_-) shhhhh! Is asleep on,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:20,
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Eh?This makes no sense whatsoever.
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LeightonJimbo has remembered his password!,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:23,
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POSH came from sailingPort Out Starboard Home.
It was how the Upper Classes travelled because it meant they got to see the sunset each evening from their cabin window.
(It was how the Upper Classes travelled because it meant they got to see the sunset each evening from their cabin window.
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:25,
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And 'golf' stands for....This and other whimisical acronyms that have been forced onto words in the 20th century can be found in my new book "Do you believe everything you read on the internet".*
or: tafkac.org/language/etymology/posh_etymology_of.html
*Book may not exist.
(or: tafkac.org/language/etymology/posh_etymology_of.html
*Book may not exist.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:36,
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That actually sounds unduly harsh. Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:38,
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But fair!More likely from slang posh "a dandy" (1890), from thieves' slang meaning "money" (1830), originally "coin of small value, halfpenny," possibly from Romany posh "half."
/etymonline
19th century thieves' slang has a lot to answer for, actually, they just made up a bunch of words from scratch to avoid being understood.
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Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:45,
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/etymonline
19th century thieves' slang has a lot to answer for, actually, they just made up a bunch of words from scratch to avoid being understood.
Hey wow you're so clever, and much better than everyone else.Well done.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:40,
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I didn't mean it to sound quite that harshBut then, I couldn't really delete without a serious flaming bumming.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:42,
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I like it!In other news, I'm now coming out for 1st September. This greatly reduces the chances of me turning up at the airport without a visa and being denied boarding onto the aircraft...
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:57,
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Nah.Research for me for a while at least.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 13:26,
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LIES!It so the uppers had shade.. port out meant the starboard side was south, and as they were above the equator (just) it was much hotter than on port, and vice versa.
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Jenk Neptune is a pedant and now I can't fit my sig in,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:40,
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Yeah sorry - I was too busy having sex to pay much attention. Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:41,
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Some of us can have sex and discuss etymology at the same time.
Masturbation isn't really sex though, is it?Not technically.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:52,
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I thought you'd say thatand was going to get a comeback ready, but I was too busy doing important lively things that are better than this conversation, like white water rafting.
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Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:56,
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Pearoast for the compo
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:24,
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