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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.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:36, archived)
# That actually sounds unduly harsh.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:38, archived)
# 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.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:45, archived)
# Hey wow you're so clever, and much better than everyone else.
Well done.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:40, archived)
# I didn't mean it to sound quite that harsh
But then, I couldn't really delete without a serious flaming bumming.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:42, archived)
# isn't the term 'backronym'?
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:46, archived)
# 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...
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:57, archived)
# huzzah!
are you lecturing this coming semester?
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 13:06, archived)
# Nah.
Research for me for a while at least.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 25 Jun 2009, 13:26, archived)
# coming out?
well done you!
(DefyingDarwin Old, untalented and white,, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 13:31, archived)
# Coo-ee!
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 25 Jun 2009, 13:48, archived)