A fork of Rural Dictionary
1. A Conformist: someone who does what everyone else is doing b/c its "in", "trendy", or "cool" to do at the time. 2. Someone who puts themself under a certain label in order to be accepted by others who have conformed to that same label. -It really doesn't matter what you wear or what you listen to in terms of music, as long as YOU YOURSELF truly like the music and the way you look. -You won't be a poseur so long as you do what you like for YOURSELF, instead of doing things to be accepted by people who will find VERY little meaning in what individuality really means.
People who CALL THEMSELVES: Punk, Goth, Emo, Hardcore, Gangster, Ghetto, Indie, MetalHead, etc. Many (NOT all) white teens listen to rap music, not b/c they actually like it, but b/c its the "cool" thing to listen to, and if you listen to any genre of "Rock" music, you are looked down upon as an outcast and an "unnatural freak". But this ok, so long as you are true to yourself.
One who changes themself completely because they either want to fit in, or because they want to be "different" then everyone else which is just conforming.
When Summer started Sarah wanted to be preppy but by September she was wearing all black and called herself a punk. She is a total poseur.
dude, come ON..... If you acctually like what you say you like then your not a poser exanple- if sombody were to say that they liked Green Day, Avril, and Good Charlotte, and they ment it, then technically they arnt a poser, they are being themselves Another thing Lets say some steriotypically "goth" girl/boy were to have this absolute love of eminem, and like ownd all of the albums and had a few t-shirts and stuff like that, people would call him/her a poseur. Because he/she didnt fit in with the steriotype. IF somebody is acctually expressing themself it does NOT make then a poser not to fit in with anyones expectations that totally defeats the entire purpose of the word. SO A poser is ACCTUALLY somone who does not liek what they say they do example: Some preppy girl decides to wear all black just becasue she wants to be "non conforming" however, she still listens to hip hop and goes sailing in her tiny bikini the end. thats it. move on.
Jenny is not a poseur becasue she acctualyy likes what she says she does.
slang-only 1) N. One who attempts to acheive a status, look or appeal which they do not have the traits to posess. Also could be someone posing as something that they are not, for reasons known or unknown. 2)High-school label. Used as a degrading term toward the sort of people who wear pyramid belts etc. but giggle a lot. However, the label is equally immature. 3)The word that the misspelling "poser" came from, the reason for which being undecided but either a) George Bush didn't like the fact that "poseur" sounded French, or b) some moron couldn't spell and it spread.
Sorry, I can't think of an example but you all know what I mean. If you don't, please just look at other examples.
the overly insecure bastard who belongs nowhere. they just dont understand that labels and stereotypes dont exist. they just happen naturally. poseurs may dress and spend a million dollars on clothes to make them the person they want to be, but any real person can automatically pick them up from a group of kids, they think they belong to. many preppies become poseurs as they try oh so hard to be in style. listen up my dears, who cares about the word "trend?" we can stress this on and on, but poseurs will never understand that being themselves would be much beter off for them rather than changing their clothes/music taste/dialogue to be something thats "in." think about it this way, being a poseur, evryone in the so-called "label" that ur trying to be in hates you, ur most likely not really enjoying being who ur trying to be unless u hav so much experience as a poseur u might as well jump off a cliff 5 million times and never get rid of ur deadly disease, and u probably hav no true friends. trust me, just be you. dont giv others and yourself a bad name.
a poseur = a prep one week, ur so "G" second week, ur "emo" and hate ghetto shit third week, ur a "metalhead" and ur saying "screw those emo whiney kids" fourth week, u find urself in abercrombie and fitch, "like omg yea i mean they hav like the most trendiest in-style clothes" fifth week, u knock down one garbage can cuz u think its hardcore so now ur "punk" "its anticormbie and bitch, fucken preps" sixth week, well if ur gonna keep changing urself, u might as well suicide, hey u WERE once emo =
Someone who pretends to be something they're not and like things that they don't. Also anyone calling someone else a poseur, while being one. Also, poseurs tend to forget that you don't have to be identical to be friends.
That Spanish kid from class pretends to watch Inuyasha and Witch Hunter Robin so he can fit in with MY friends.
basically someone who pretends to be something just because it's 'in' or 'trendy'. but it is NOT someone who changes their look every so often because the are experimenting and going through that thing called 'self discovery' or 'adolescence'. how to recognize a poseur/poser: if they call you or anybody else one. how to avoid it: just be yourself. don't fit into the stereotype of whatever.
do i really need one? 1) him: ha! look at that poser! that band is a poserband! (thinking: take down that band poster and destroy my cds). her: *flippy finger* 2) the real poseur/poser: wasn't he punk last year? what a poseur/poser.