Posh and Becks
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Posh and Becks is the nickname for the English celebrity supercouple David Beckham (a leading footballer) and Victoria Beckham (formerly Victoria Adams and a member of the Spice Girls nicknamed "Posh Spice").
Posh & Becks is also the name of the book by Andrew Morton.[1]
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[edit] "Posh and Becks" term
"Posh and Becks" as a phrase was included in the Collins Concise English Dictionary in 2001.[2]
The term "Posh and Becks" is commonly used by newspapers and other media, especially in headlines, and has become an expression that is widely used and recognized within popular culture in the United Kingdom.
The term "Posh and Becks" has also found its way into Cockney Rhyming Slang, referring to "sex".[3]
[edit] Celebrity couple information
Posh and Becks started dating in 1997, which led to the use of the term by the popular media. Their celebrity wedding took place in 1999[4] and the home in Hertfordshire, England, that they bought shortly afterwards has been nicknamed "Beckingham Palace" (a portmanteau of Buckingham Palace and the name Beckham).
The couple have recently turned their attention to the US and are the subject of a 2007 eponymous joint biography Posh & Becks.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Morton, Andrew R.. Posh & Becks. Simon Spotlight Entertainment. ISBN 1-4169-5386-8.
- ^ Posh and Becks enter the language, BBC News, 12 June 2001
- ^ FREELANG: Cockney-English dictionary and English-Cockney dictionary. Cockney-English dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- ^ Posh and Becks tie the knot, 4 July 1999, from the BBC.
- ^ Motion, Andrew, Posh & Becks. Simon & Schuster, 2007. ISBN 978-1416953869.
