poser en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English pose Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poser From pose + -er.
Meanings
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(UK) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
After a few minutes of apparently serious thought, Chang sidled up to his mamma with this poser: “Say, mamma, if I hadn’t told you about putting it in the waste barrel, you’d never have knowed, and then I’d have had a do’nut.”
1904 December, Samuel Slocombe, “Ethel’s Babies”, in Overland Monthly […], volume XLIV, number 6, San Francisco, Calif.: Overland Monthly Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 586, column 2:“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:
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Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.
- Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
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(derogatory, qualifier:chiefly music fandom, slang) A poseur (one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others); a fake fan.
Started hormones and these bitches called me a trans poser / They can kill themselves, I'm turning up like a transposer
2025, Fraxiom, “i hope you know”, performed by Food House:"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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| posers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
impostor · faker · pretentious
Translations (15)
de harte Nuss (a particularly difficult question or puzzle) · de Fragender (someone who asks a question or sets a problem) · bg труден въпрос (a particularly difficult question or puzzle) · de Fotomodell (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position) · de Fragesteller (someone who asks a question or sets a problem) · fr colle (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position) · ga cáithnín (a particularly difficult question or puzzle) · de Modell (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position) · es posador (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position) · de knifflige Frage (a particularly difficult question or puzzle) · de Knacknuss (a particularly difficult question or puzzle) · de Frager (someone who asks a question or sets a problem) · eo pozisto (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position) · de Künstlermodell (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position) · de verwirrende Frage (a particularly difficult question or puzzle)