poser
/ˈpoʊzɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
Example Sentences
- "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.”"
- "“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."
- "Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions."
- ""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"
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Poser
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpoʊzɚ/
- British English: /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Slang