Meaning of the word "poser"

My 9 year old is growing before my eyes, along with the interest in rock music, not wanting to hang out with his folks and such, he has started with these new words. One for example is poser. I am not sure if I have spelled this correctly but the o is long. wtf does this mean? I am too old for this! Sometimes I am glad I will never be at his level in German skills my hair is already grey enough.

I'm assuming it's the same word "poser" that is common in my language:

poser 1 |?p?z?r| noun a person who acts in an affected manner in order to impress others.

otherwise known as a "try hard".

Yours is still talking. You're lucky. My step-daughter is 11 in June and she has reduced all communication to huffs and grunts.

I always thought I would be a cool mom but I don't think it is possible!!! Pretty soon I will drive him to school with rollers in my hair and my house coat still on.

@sin
not looking forward to those days!

Actually if he is using this word he is hanging out with the wrong kids. You need to intervene immediately. Warning signs are kids who cover their mouth when laughing, wear glasses, tuck in shirts. Unless you want your child to grow up as an outcast have him make fríends who are using words that would be considered contemporary. But hurry, you may lose him to the likes of Milhouse Van Houten, Ralph Wiggum or Byron "Buster" Bluth.

Your to old for this? I'm a year older than you and have been using the term "poser" since before I can remember, or maybe it is that I still act like I'm 9.

Anyway, similar to that stated above, a poser is a person that talks the talk, but can't walk the walk. In junior high, kids that bought kick ass skateboards but couldn't skate were commonly referred to as posers.

@anwalt,
never heard the term before. maybe its because i am a girl and not into skateboarding. what is kinda neat is that he has a friend over and they are listening to ACDC

A 'poser' means something different from where I comes from, innit.

Thats not a good sign...definately a poser.


Ryan is right.

Thanks perdido.

@Sin: What does "poser" mean to our English contingent?

For the paddy's it's somebody wearing a divers watch who wouldn't know the deep end of his bathroom sink.

yea, total wankers.

hockeywidow, I think you are more dealing with geographical language differences rather than generational. you probably do not have anything to worry about - unless the Junges are refering to you as a milf.

A poser = A tricky question
A poseur = Somebody who shows off (poses)

I spilled my coffee because of you

maybe it is regional. i am a little older than the two of you. I used the work as a kid and my parents know what the word means (and they are ancient!)

Nah, we used the word as well.

A poser is a fake, plain and simple. Avril Lavigne is a poser for example.

I think Hockeywidow has led a sheltered life.

Here ya go.. Directly from Urban Dictionary

Well I am older than OG but then again I wont grow up. Well it is in full use on the West Coast of the U.S. so the region could be a reason.

Well here are some examples

Tony Hawk- the real thing
Tony Blair- Poser
Tony the Tiger- he is real
Tony Gonzales - Poser
George Washington- Real
George Bush- Poser
Urban Angel- The real thing
Dark Angel the series - First season great, following season(all posing).
90210- all posers
University of Tenn-all posers
University of Texas- The real U.T.

From DKs link and number 1 on the poser countdown:


Avril: Punk or poser?

Same meaning as "poseur", which I imagine is where it comes from. Might be peculiarly British, but I don't know.

My (British) definition would be someone who's all mouth and trousers, tries to be something their not, overplays their hand. Some posers do get on in the world (think say marketing executives) but a lot of the world recognises them for the fakes they are. A child of 9 using the term already has a good grasp of things that are genuine and importnant and those that are artificial. Nice one!

Well...

...is pretty much the same as the English version, except...

...Jimbo is a posh lawyer. For us nobody's 'poser' and 'poseur' are the same thing. We're not rich enough to distinguish.

One could of course argue that Jimbo is posing.

Someone who is "all hat and no cattle".

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He'd be in the pub (called the Pitbull and Mugger or similar) in bloomin' Peckham drinking a pink cocktail with an umbrella innit!

Oi! MonksTown! No!

Do us a favour Sin innit. Del Boy is a poser, in a NICE way!

Yeah. And you know that makes sense geezer.