POSER
What does "POSER" mean?
A person who pretends to be something they are not; also a baffling question or problem.
Meanings
- A person who behaves affectedly to impress others or to seem part of a group they aren't really in. He bought all the gear but never surfed - a total poser. informal
- A difficult or puzzling question or problem. How to fund it without raising taxes is a real poser. informal
- A person who poses, as for a portrait or photograph. The artist needed a steady poser for the long sitting.
Word origin
From the verb 'pose' (to take up an attitude, or to puzzle), itself from Old French 'poser' (to place, set), from Late Latin 'pausare' (to halt, rest), influenced by Latin 'ponere' (to put).
Remember it
POSER = one who POSEs: either striking a fake pose to impress, or a question that makes YOU pose, frozen, with no answer.
A little poem
He held the pose until the crowd believed-
and never knew which one of them he'd deceived.
couplet
Wordplay
- How do you stump a poser? Ask them a poser - the one who fakes the answer freezes either way.
What it teaches
The pose you hold to fool others slowly becomes the question you can't answer about yourself.
Quick facts
What does POSER mean?
A person who pretends to be something they are not; also a baffling question or problem.
Is POSER a valid word?
Yes — POSER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is POSER?
POSER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does POSER come from?
From the verb 'pose' (to take up an attitude, or to puzzle), itself from Old French 'poser' (to place, set), from Late Latin 'pausare' (to halt, rest), influenced by Latin 'ponere' (to put).
What can POSER teach us?
The pose you hold to fool others slowly becomes the question you can't answer about yourself.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.