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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
After the release of Elden Ring, a famously difficult bestseller, Musk posted a screenshot of his character, but his build instantly exposed him as a poser.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
For a Gen X-er raised on movies that skewered phonies and wannabes, the thought of being a poser was, in the end, far more offensive to his sensibilities than being potentially bland.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The smart money is on those with a long-term vision, capable of acting in the best interest of the future, instead of the compulsions of the moment, which will eventually delineate the posers and the professionals.
—Parijat Banerjee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Yet Barnet is skeptical of activism, depicting environmentalists as posers and lambasting the feminist movement.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Yellen showed up a lot [of] other visitors and posers.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Ben is a 21st century variation on the Gen X slacker, the kind of guy who acts like anything that’s not on the Criterion Channel isn’t worth bothering with and anybody who actually cares about something is a sellout, a poser, or a hypocrite.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
Del Rey wasn’t a poser, the thinking went, so much as a satirist.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
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Noun
This poser is hard to work through when we are only given the text.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
After the release of Elden Ring, a famously difficult bestseller, Musk posted a screenshot of his character, but his build instantly exposed him as a poser.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
For a Gen X-er raised on movies that skewered phonies and wannabes, the thought of being a poser was, in the end, far more offensive to his sensibilities than being potentially bland.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The smart money is on those with a long-term vision, capable of acting in the best interest of the future, instead of the compulsions of the moment, which will eventually delineate the posers and the professionals.
—Parijat Banerjee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Yet Barnet is skeptical of activism, depicting environmentalists as posers and lambasting the feminist movement.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Yellen showed up a lot [of] other visitors and posers.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Ben is a 21st century variation on the Gen X slacker, the kind of guy who acts like anything that’s not on the Criterion Channel isn’t worth bothering with and anybody who actually cares about something is a sellout, a poser, or a hypocrite.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
Del Rey wasn’t a poser, the thinking went, so much as a satirist.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Poser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poser. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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poser
1 of 2 noun
pos·er
ˈpō-zər 
: a puzzling or baffling question
poser
2 of 2 noun
: a person who poses
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