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In some senses, poser is marked as derogatory, slang, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
poser
UK /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/ US /ˈpoʊzɚ/
noun 4name 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
difficult, habitual
ADV.
somewhat, such
Definitions
noun
1
A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
“Always so energetic, Hastings! And what precisely would you have me do?” This was somewhat of a poser, but I was not going to withdraw from my position.
2
Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.
3
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
4
A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
"My boyfriend, or I should say, ex-boyfriend, used to be all dark and brooding with long, black hair, but now?!" [...] "Um, I'm pretty sure uniforms don't work that way. I think your ex might just be a big poser." "A fact I would be blissfully unaware of if not for these damn uniforms!"
Started hormones and these bitches called me a trans poser / They can kill themselves, I'm turning up like a transposer
name
1
A surname from German
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
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“Always so energetic, Hastings! And what precisely would you have me do?” This was somewhat of a poser, but I was not going to withdraw from my position.
Wiktionary02
Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.
Wiktionary03
"My boyfriend, or I should say, ex-boyfriend, used to be all dark and brooding with long, black hair, but now?!" [...] "Um, I'm pretty sure uniforms don't work that way. I think your ex might just be
Wiktionary04
He's a poser.
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Tom is such a poser.
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He's such a poser.
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