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muriel_volestrangler

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9. Don't worry about it; 'poser' has been used for over 100 years

Reply to jorno67 (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 06:11 AM

Mar 2012

Oxford English Dict.:

A person who poses; a poseur.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Dec. 11/1 Besides the professional posers of the studio there are‥the posers of the Row, the posers at afternoon teas, the posers in politics, and the circus posers.

Poseur is only 20 years older.

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Romney is a Fucking POSER! (should be "poseur"...sorry, I'm a product of public school) [View all] jorno67 Mar 2012 OP

All I have to say to that is "Cheesy Grits". Lint Head Mar 2012 #1

Damn .... BOHICA12 Mar 2012 #8

Poseur mackattack Mar 2012 #2

fuck! jorno67 Mar 2012 #3

Dude, I do stuff like that all the time mackattack Mar 2012 #4

he's like a Ken doll with an emptier head. jorno67 Mar 2012 #5

use of the abbreviation 'POS,' should cover all eventualities. marasinghe Mar 2012 #6

Don't worry about it; 'poser' has been used for over 100 years muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #9

Don't blame yourself on public school. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #7