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Definition of a poseur
poseur
noun
- someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; "wannabe"; "fake".
- See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to pretend, feign, pose.
Last edited on Dec 25 2012. Submitted by Rebecca Griffith from Hopkinsville, KY, USA on May 17 1997.
origin
- Borrowed from the French word with the same spelling and definition. Generally (or originally) used to describe people posing as punks ("punk rockers") or skaters.
Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Rebecca Griffith from Hopkinsville, KY, USA on May 17 1997.
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Other terms relating to 'miscellaneous insults (list of)': | |
Definitions include: a masturbator, usu. male. | |
Definitions include: a person who follows or mimics others, without thought. | |
Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; "poseur"; "wannabe"; "fake". | |
Definitions include: a poorly-behaved or immoral person, especially amongst good people. | |
Definitions include: a person who was once famous or successful, but is no longer. | |
Definitions include: to leave; go away. | |
Definitions include: an extremely rude or demanding bride-to-be. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "rear-echelon mother fucker". | |
Definitions include: to be overly fawning so as to win favor. | |
Definitions include: a person who acts without thinking. | |
Definitions include: to raise of the middle finger on a hand with the other fingers closed to the palm, towards a person. | |
Definitions include: an obsequious person. | |
Definitions include: exhausted, not well. | |
Definitions include: a person without cable television. | |
Definitions include: too rich, white, and/or upper class. | |
Other terms relating to 'to pretend, feign, pose': | |
Definitions include: to pretend, feign. | |
Definitions include: a modified, imported Japanese car. | |
Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else. | |
Definitions include: to tell one's story: what they would have other people believe. | |
Definitions include: to fake something to escape a situation. | |
Definitions include: someone who pretends to be a gangster. | |
Definitions include: to fail to meet someone at a designated location. | |
Definitions include: to pretend, to feign. | |
Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; "poseur"; "wannabe"; "fake". | |
Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not; "fake"; "poseur"; "wanna-be". | |
Definitions include: methamphetamine. | |
Definitions include: to pretend to play a musical instrument, especially a guitar. |
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Definitions include: Air Force One shoes (made by Nike). | |
Definitions include: to cause problems. | |
Definitions include: someone who is attractive from a distance, but upon closer inspection, turns out to be ugly. | |
Definitions include: erotic writing aimed at women. | |
Definitions include: an employee who frequently operates in an unauthorized fashion. | |
Definitions include: visible male genitalia in tight-fitting bottomwear. | |
Definitions include: to return one's self to normal cognition. | |
Definitions include: general derogatory term. | |
Definitions include: encouraging form of address, usually of a male. | |
Definitions include: he needs to relax. |
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