poser
nounUK /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈpoʊzɚ/
Etymology From pose + -er.
1
UK 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.1927, Agatha Christie, The Big Four:
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
Derogatory, Slang A poseur (one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others); a fake fan.
Chiefly music fandom
- "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!"2008 July 9, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008:
- Started hormones and these bitches called me a trans poser / They can kill themselves, I'm turning up like a transposer2025, Fraxiom, “i hope you know”, performed by Food House:
- Derived terms
- poserish
- Related terms
- faker, impostor, pretentious