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poseur

[poh-zur, paw-zœr] / poʊˈzɜr, pɔˈzœr /


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She chanted the couplet cry of the insider outsider: “I am a poseur and I don’t care, I like to make people stare.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2022

But there's not even a poseur version of it.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2020

Tom Callahan, an ex-Marine, knows a flimflammer, a bugiardo, a poseur, a gasconader when he hears one.

From Golf Digest May 6, 2020

I’m not going to be a poseur and say, “Yes, I love this period, blah blah blah,” but I felt that his art was truly beautiful.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2020

“That’s right, I called you a poseur, poseur.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

They might be poseurs tossing around references to Ginsberg and Bukowski, but the welcome mat the group offers Ed is enticing and inspiring.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

And directors Bailey and Barbato seem intent on casting Louisville as a place of poseurs and pretensions.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

I have little doubt that he resents real scientists, as poseurs always do when confronted with the real thing.

From Salon Feb. 11, 2025

The irony is that, as awful as he is, he’s the only one left at the end of the action to grieve the useless poseurs he hated.

From New York Times Jul. 7, 2021

Gunters who wanted help joined a clan, and Aech and I both agreed that clans were for suck-asses and poseurs.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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