"posho" meaning in English

See posho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɒʃəʊ/ [UK] Audio: En-au-posho.ogg Forms: more posho [comparative], most posho [superlative]
Etymology: From posh + -o. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|posh|o}} posh + -o Head templates: {{en-adj}} posho (comparative more posho, superlative most posho)
  1. (colloquial) Posh. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-posho-en-adj-qstQxitR Categories (other): English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 26 39 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒʃəʊ/ [UK] Audio: En-au-posho.ogg Forms: poshos [plural], poshoes [plural]
Etymology: From posh + -o. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|posh|o}} posh + -o Head templates: {{en-noun|s|poshoes}} posho (plural poshos or poshoes)
  1. (UK, slang) A posh person. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-posho-en-noun-IaupUzxT Categories (other): British English, English terms borrowed back into English, English terms suffixed with -o Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 26 39 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔːʃɔː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-posho (Africa).wav Forms: poshos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili posho, itself from English portion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sw|posho}} Swahili posho, {{der|en|en|portion}} English portion Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} posho (usually uncountable, plural poshos)
  1. (East Africa) A food product made of cornmeal. Tags: Africa, East, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Maize (food) Synonyms: sembe, sima, ugali, kawunga
    Sense id: en-posho-en-noun-evKfIW4i Disambiguation of Foods: 21 31 48 Disambiguation of Maize (food): 23 31 46 Categories (other): East African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 29 62 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 18 31 50 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 26 39 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 15 36 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 40 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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