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語源

From pose +‎ -er.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpoʊzɚ/
• 韻: -əʊzə(ɹ)

名詞

poser (plural posers)

1. (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
   • 1927, Agatha Christie, The Big Four:

     “Always so energetic, Hastings! And what precisely would you have me do?” This was somewhat of a poser, but I was not going to withdraw from my position.

2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.

   Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.

3. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
4. (derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
   • 2008 July 9, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008:

     "My boyfriend, or I should say, ex-boyfriend, used to be all dark and brooding with long, black hair, but now?!" [...] "Um, I'm pretty sure uniforms don't work that way. I think your ex might just be a big poser." "A fact I would be blissfully unaware of if not for these damn uniforms!"

   • 2025, Fraxiom, “i hope you know”, performed by Food House:

     Started hormones and these bitches called me a trans poser / They can kill themselves, I'm turning up like a transposer

派生語

参考

• faker
• impostor
• pretentious

アナグラム

• Prose, ropes, S'pore, reops, Soper, ERPOs, spore, Poers, Spero, Perso-, soper, Peros, preso, prose, OPers., pores, Ropes, repos, opers, pro se