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  • noun Plural form of poseur.

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Examples

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

    The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . Phil Daoust 2010

  • 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? 2010

  • 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 BikeSnobNYC 2009

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

    The Butchering Of Gaza 2009

  • 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 Hal Duncan 2006

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

    Musical Memories Camille Saint-Sa��ns 1878

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

    CNN.com 2009

  • 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 Steve Alexander 2009

  • 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 2010

  • 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.

    Bob Cesca: Rick Perry Is a Socialist in a Secessionist Costume Bob Cesca 2011

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