Definition of 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)':
wanker	Definitions include: a masturbator, usu. male.
sheep	Definitions include: a person who follows or mimics others, without thought.
popper	Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; "poseur"; "wannabe"; "fake".
bad seed	Definitions include: a poorly-behaved or immoral person, especially amongst good people.
has-been	Definitions include: a person who was once famous or successful, but is no longer.
*fck off**	Definitions include: to leave; go away.
bridezilla	Definitions include: an extremely rude or demanding bride-to-be.
REMF	Definitions include: acronym for "rear-echelon mother fucker".
suck up	Definitions include: to be overly fawning so as to win favor.
robot	Definitions include: a person who acts without thinking.
give the middle finger	Definitions include: to raise of the middle finger on a hand with the other fingers closed to the palm, towards a person.
*ss-kisser	Definitions include: an obsequious person.
crunchy	Definitions include: exhausted, not well.
television bum	Definitions include: a person without cable television.
boojee	Definitions include: too rich, white, and/or upper class.
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Other terms relating to 'to pretend, feign, pose':
perp	Definitions include: to pretend, feign.
rice	Definitions include: a modified, imported Japanese car.
front	Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else.
run drag	Definitions include: to tell one's story: what they would have other people believe.
pull a Nancy Drew	Definitions include: to fake something to escape a situation.
wanksta	Definitions include: someone who pretends to be a gangster.
fake	Definitions include: to fail to meet someone at a designated location.
floss	Definitions include: to pretend, to feign.
popper	Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; "poseur"; "wannabe"; "fake".
kinderkid	Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not; "fake"; "poseur"; "wanna-be".
spoof	Definitions include: methamphetamine.
gack	Definitions include: to pretend to play a musical instrument, especially a guitar.

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just friend	Definitions include: to break up with a significant other, telling them that one "Just wants to be friends."
move this fast	Definitions include: signs of a relationship appear sooner than expected.
bingo	Definitions include: to do something with absolute accuracy; "on point".
strut (one's) stuff	Definitions include: to show off.
SWD	Definitions include: acronym for "sleep when dead".
have deep pockets	Definitions include: See deep pockets.
Jewfro	Definitions include: a Jewish afro.
pokey, the	Definitions include: jail.
pushback	Definitions include: resistance to an idea or plan.
hold (one's) horses	Definitions include: to wait patiently.