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Fitzgerald’s appreciation of Fletcher’s—or ‘Posh’s’—physical beauty went beyond that of the typical Victorian gentleman (much as Oscar Wilde’s admiration of beautiful young men did). Backronyms may be invented with either serious or humorous intent, or they may be a type of false etymology or folk etymology. This meaning of ‘posh’ – to denote a dandy – may, the OED cautiously informs us, stem from the original meaning (a coin), perhaps because dandies had lots of money. One asymmetric feature is where access to a boat, ship, or aircraft is at the side, it is usually only on the port side (hence the name). Since the steering oar was on the right side of the boat, it would tie up at the wharf on the other side.

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You might like to think of it as illustrations of the imaginative ways in which people work hard to make sense of the unknown. The story is convincing, often backed up with extraneous but significant detail drawn from the teller’s personal experience or background knowledge. Sometimes a backronym is reputed to have been used in the formation of the original word, and amounts to a false etymology or an urban legend. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology.The word's actual etymology is unknown, but more likely related to Romani påš xåra ("half-penny") or to Urdu (borrowed from Persian) safed-pōśh ("white robes"), a term for wealthy people. Farmer and William Ernest Henley (the latter of whom was the author of the poem ‘ Invictus’ as well as the inspiration for the character Long John Silver). When facing the front of the vessel, port refers to the left side, and starboard refers to the right side.

An extra verse was also added to the beginning of the stage version, to tell the story of when Grandpa sailed out from Liverpool. The port side is the side to the left of an observer aboard the vessel and facing the bow, towards the direction the vehicle is heading when underway. An early form of measuring a ship's progress was by casting overboard a wooden board (the log) with a string attached. A common myth says that the word posh originated as an acronym of “port out, starboard home,” referring to the traveling habits of the wealthy.

It is lucky for us, in our endeavours to distinguish truth from falsehood, that activities at sea have been scrupulously recorded over the centuries, in insurance records, newspaper accounts and, not least, in ships' log books.

To keep port and starboard straight, remember that sailors use stars to point them in the right direction after they have left port .So it’s important that we have stories that explain things, but it’s much less important that the stories we tell are verifiably true. The left and right sides of the boat itself don’t change, though, so port and starboard will refer to the same direction, no matter which direction you’re facing on a boat. To set forth these navigational rules, the terms starboard and port are essential, and to aid in in situ decision-making, the two sides of each vessel are marked, dusk to dawn, by navigation lights, the vessel's starboard side by green and its port side by red.