poseurs

• “Ridiculing poseurs is hardly new, Alex admitted, but it is once more all the rage.”

  The Guardian: The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . .

• “Facing down the poseurs were a loose band of old school soul confederates determined to return R&B to its vintage, analog roots.”

  Shawn Amos: Where'd You Go, D'Angelo?

• “Or this from the Sydney Morning Herald in 2002: Palestinians arrest al-Qaeda 'poseurs”

  The Butchering Of Gaza

• “Then this person says he rides a fixed-gear because he loves to ride his bike, and he wishes the "poseurs" would stay away.”

  Last Call for Identities: Fixed-Gear Culture No Longer Accepting New Members

• “It may only be the obligation of not claiming to be more of a member of a group than you are (consider punk fury and disdain at "poseurs").”

  Cultural Appropriation

• “They were devotees of learned music; "poseurs," others said, who pretended to admire works they did not understand at all.”

  Musical Memories

• “While true surfers or skateboarders may show some loyalty, part of Volcom's success is selling to those who want to act or feel a part of this lifestyle (called "poseurs", at least in my time).”

  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page

• “MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNN) -- This city's drug underworld is littered with "poseurs”

  CNN.com

• “If Zachriel were legion. committee collective pseudonym group of poseurs ultimate expression of internet group think hive legion commune of anti-IDists weird anti-TT cult five people collective tri-unity”

  Advocacy in Science: a Parasitic Practice

• “Not that Perry invented the paradigm, but he fits precisely into the well-crafted paper doll persona devised sometime around the era of Reagan's ascension when wonky button-down conservatives began their slow extinction in favor of a new breed of crazy-eyed ideological poseurs and performers.”

  The Huffington Post: Bob Cesca: Rick Perry Is a Socialist in a Secessionist Costume

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