Word: posh
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...that Cary Grant. The star was always game for having his poise and good looks punctured by slapstick. In Bringing Up Baby he exits a posh party in a formal suit split down the back. And doesn't he look sweet wearing WAC drag in I Was a Male War Bride...
Certain accents are widespread. Posh Queen’s English of the Eton or Cambridge variety is so familiar as to sound humdrum. Such accents, however, are all linked by a common denominator: a decidedly non-plebian heritage. By contrast, the Boston accent has a distinctly blue-collar identity...
Imagine yourself as a graduating senior who just landed a posh job, say at a consulting firm, investment bank, or think tank. It’s time to kick back, relax, enjoy your last few classes, and smell the roses—at least if you are an American. International students, however, still have to worry about their final term grades, for if those grades are submitted too late, that fancy job could be a figment of their imagination...
...reputation of being like a country club. And that is a totally founded perception. Some might point to our picturesque courtyards, our classic architecture, or our privileged student body as evidence of this, but I think the term bill would have to be the ultimate indicator of our posh surroundings. Think about it. The term bill is that expense account that we have always wanted, whether we knew it or not. It buys us unlimited meals, gives us sick housing, and even allows us to go to lectures by leading scholars of their fields, if we are so inclined...
...penthouse suite in San Francisco's posh Fairmont Hotel & Tower has served oil sheiks, Hollywood stars and every U.S. President since Eisenhower. Now it has a new distinction: renting for $20,000 a night during the Christmas season, the suite has become the world's most expensive hotel accommodation...