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poser |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poser \Pos"er\, n. One who or that which puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: poser n 1: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not [syn: {poseur}] 2: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" [syn: {model}] 3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem [syn: {stumper}, {toughie}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: poser n. A {wannabee}; not hacker slang, but used among crackers, phreaks and {warez d00dz}. Not as negative as {lamer} or {leech}. Probably derives from a similar usage among punk-rockers and metalheads putting down those who "talk the talk but don't walk the walk".
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