Sloaney

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UK/ˈsləʊni/US/ˈsloʊni/

adjective

Posh.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveSloaney (comparative Sloanier, superlative Sloaniest)

comparative Sloanier · superlative Sloaniest

  1. UKinformalPosh.

    "The Sloaney woman organising the event gives us each a name badge and a glass of nasty wine, and directs us to our chairs."

    2011 December 1, Amy Appleton, Kate Harrison, The Bride Hunter, Orion, →ISBN, page 131
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    "There are Asian women who have adopted a 'Sloaney' Lady Helen Windsor style of interpreting their Punjabi salwaar-kameez suits, precisely because they share a similar consumption niche or emulate the 'Sloaney' style through its popularization and commoditization through upmarket fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and by its famous 'Super Sloane' icon, the late Princess Diana."

    2004, Philip Crang, Claire Dwyer, Peter Jackson, Transnational Spaces, Routledge, →ISBN, page 97

    "Nestled just off the Kingis Road in Chelsea and known locally as the Sloaney Pony for its extremely uber-posh local clientele, the White Horse is to first-rate beer experiences what Shergar is to mysterious equine whodunits."

    2006 July 28, Wine & Spirit, William Reed Publishing, page 73

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APA

Sloaney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sloaney

MLA

“Sloaney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sloaney. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sloaney,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sloaney.

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