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How to pronounce poser in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms model
Type of help, helper, assistant, supporter
Has types photographer's model, dressmaker's model, artist's model, sitter
Derivation pose
Type Words
Synonyms poseur
Type of show-off, exhibitionist
Has types poseuse
Derivation pose
Type Words
Synonyms sticker, stumper, toughie
Type of problem
Derivation pose

Examples of poser

poser
They can spot a poser a mile off, and they have a hound's nose for snootiness.
From the kentucky.com
People identify themselves with Cheshire just because they think Cheshire is poser.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'd be a complete poser if I didn't say the fan reaction is very important.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The worst is my one manager that thinks he is a geek, but is just a poser.
From the positivesharing.com
It's not just in defence where Stoke boss Pulis has a selection poser.
From the mirrorfootball.co.uk
You did seem to forget, however, that the poser was Desmond Howard, not Charles Woodson.
From the dispatch.com
Masha, you're a poser, just like most of the other people in the world.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Poser says Deckers erred by overexposing the brand and charging too much for the boots.
From the businessweek.com
I thought she was a gifted memoirist and a self-mythologizing poser.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Poseur: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  • Model: 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"
  • A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
  • Poser is a 3D CGI rendering and animation software program optimized for models that depict the human figure in three-dimensional form, mostly used to pose and animate the figures in a similar way as a mannequin. ...
  • A particularly difficult question or puzzle; Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting; = poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
  • (Posers) People that try to pretend to be someone or part of some media ideal in order to fit in. People that have dreads, body piercings, and tattoos for the sake of being "cool" or look "hard-ass" are considered as posers. ...
  • Someone who's not what he wants you to think he is.
  • N. derogatory term for people with $7,000 bikes that never see an actual trail. Usually found near a trail head and never dirty. Seinfeld may be an example. Synonym for fred.
  • Someone who can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk. Usually seen milling around the base of many climbs (but rarely on any routes) wearing wrap-around shades and embarrassingly tight neon lycra that must have a radioactive component.