Not from your grand country, but will be soon! Anyhu a poser has come up in different contexts on this forum and I'm wondering if I'm correct in thinkin that it is:
thinking you are something you aren't?
2006-10-18 03:57:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
A POSER is a person who wants people to think they are what they project but really they are the opposite
example: some one who wears diamonds and acts like they are made of money when really the diamonds are fake and the person is just getting by!
OH AND YES YOUR RIGHT
2006-10-18 04:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs. D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A poser is someone who tries to look like something rather than actually being that. For example, the first context I was aware of the term being used was in the '80s in skateboarding. Powers were those individuals that were not good at skateboarding, but they had all the hottest clothes, the tricked out skateboard, and they talked like they were a champion. They wouldn't, however, actually show you what they claimed they could do because they couldn't do much. A more current example is the kids who get something like a Honda Civic and then put a noisy muffler and a bunch of body panels on it to make it look like a "tuner" car, but never do any work to the engine itself, so it's basically a stock Civic that looks like a race car. And they will "talk the talk", but never actually do any serious racing. In short, posers are fakes and frauds who try to look impressive but really aren't. Most of them know that they are not real, they just hope you and I don't realize it.
2006-10-18 04:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathan R 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A poseur or poser is a person who adopts the dress, speech, and/or mannerisms of a particular group or subculture, generally for attaining acceptability within the group. A poseur may not share or understand underpinnings of the group he or she is trying to identify with. Some subcultures may view what they regard as poseurs with varying degrees of mistrust and scorn.
also:
is a person who likes to imitate, or even wishes to be, another, but is cannot achieve it due to physical, political, religious, or mental limitations.
2006-10-18 04:33:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like someone who spends all this money on, say, skating accessories, the right clothes, the shoes, etc. but doesn't even know how to skate, just anyone who tries to be something they're not, in the hopes of looking cool.
2006-10-18 04:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by liberpez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah its someone who trys to fit in by changing their apearance, personality, ect. but is soooooo fake that people can see right through them, so they are called posers or wanna be's! Welcome to America my friend! lol
2006-10-18 04:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by ηєvєrmorє 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
someone who pretends to be something they're not.. like when spoiled rich kids put on makeup and pretend to be "Goth"..
2006-10-18 04:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by Byakuya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you answered your own question hun. That is correct
2006-10-18 04:06:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone that tries to be something that they're not.
2006-10-18 04:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by SouthernBelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, pretty much
Pretending/acting to be someone you are not
2006-10-18 04:01:05 · answer #9 · answered by AGNY 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its some one who trys to be some one there not i hope you like my answer
2006-10-18 04:01:37 · answer #10 · answered by gabby l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋