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Pople need to get over the fact that there is no such thing as a poser! A person should be able to do whatever they want without being labelled as a poser.
Random 1: He's such a poser, he's with the skaters but doesn't even have a skateboard!
Random 2: Maybe he just wants to hang out with them...!
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Someone who tries to be something that they aren't, esp. when it is at that time considered popular to be part of that specific group or 'clique'. Generally used for fake punks, goths, or anything associated with rock music.
Hilary Duff pretends to be a punk, when her brand of music is quite recognizably Disney brand pop music.
Poser kid: I totally love Green Day! I am like their biggest fan!
Real thing: Cool, what's your favorite song?
Poser kid: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. Oh my gosh, that is like my theme song.
Real thing: Okay then... do you know any other songs?
Poser kid: Um... isn't that their first hit? They're new.
Real thing: *shakes head and walks away, disgusted*
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someone who leeches off new popularity. may actually like the stuff, (like mcr when loads of people liked the black parade) but wears and listens to other things because people wear or listen to it.
they may actually be emo, but because they like mcr they think they have to wear stuff that they wouldn't wear anyway
there are real emos but loads are just kids who wanna be emo beacause they think there better than non emos because they think theyve herd something new that know else has heard.
poser1: o my god! heard the new mcr song? it the best one of the album.
poser3: do ya know them studded belts? im gonna get one because gerrard was wearin one.
poser 4: them emo sk8er bois over there are so cute. i love emo bois with side fringes and hoodies!
normal person: i dont like mcr but atleast i know enought to say they have 3 albums apart from you posers who just think the black parade is there first one.
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someone who tries really hard to be a skater, stoner, goth, etc, but knows nothing about what they are trying to be.
poser/stoner- someone who tries to be astoner, but has never done any drugs,
poser/skater-one who has no idea how to sk8board or blade. If anyone has a problem with my def..IM on AIM EvlBloodyMary
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Someone who tries to be someone their not, automatically thinks they are a certain label because they dress a certain way or do something. Mostly bothers people of a punk,emo or goth label but annoys a lot of other people too. Can sometimes be spelt as "Poseur" which is french.
Did you hear? Calvin denied he was a poser. But he does not have the "skater" state of mind. The only skateboarder he knows is Tony Hawk. Calvin can't even skateboard!
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The wrong spelling to the word 'poseur.' Meaning a person who pretends to be something they are not.
"I'm so skater with my DC shoes and my walwart skateboard, althught i really do not know how to skate."
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A poser is essentially everybody in High School who actually pays attention to fashion/studies how to conform to a specific group. Generally, someone who is socially awkward and/or physically unattractive gets called a poser when said individual tries to fit into a certain group, usually comprised of people who have been studying how to conform for a longer period of time. However, since all High School cliques are based on extreme superficiality, the word poser could apply to everyone in such a group. The idea that anyone is, in fact, a "real" punk/goth/hipster, etc, usually stems from how much dedication they have to putting together their personality. It's usually born from a psychological condition that has been impeded into their brain through corporate propaganda; more or less, the idea that you need to consume/conform on some level to have an identity at all.
When you are using external sources and symbols to define your personality, you are not actually being "real" in any sense, and that's especially true if the symbols have been given their meaning independently of yourself or peers. Peer pressure and conformity, of course, are normal adolescent behaviors, although teenagers take this to an extreme in consumerist societies (and corporations exploit this condition in teenagers as well, hence how important the word "poser" seems to be here on urbandictionary).
It should be noted, however, that some hipsters take this thought process deep into their twenties, and never fully mature past the point of making an identity out of secondhand symbols or processes of thought (although this behavior has more complexity and nuance to it, and has more to do with boasting of education obtained at a university level, and classism). There are an enormous amount of college graduates in western society with uniform tatse/clothing styles/mannerisms, with not only identical opinions, but identical expression of those opinions, and identical attitudes.
So, basically, "poser" is an Orwellian word, that instills fear into the minds of teenagers (and some adults), which in turn makes them consume/conform in an efficient manner to avoid being labeled as such. For corporations, this is one of many tactics that help to create a very effective society, where individuals place their own constraints instead of having those constraints come from a dictatorial system.
Kid A: Man, that kid is a poser! He doesn't even know any other Greenday albums besides "American Idiot"
Kid B: Well, you shouldn't be too proud of knowing Greenday albums in the first place, because they aren't a very talented band. I would say they are an embarrassment to punk, but punk was never anything special in the first place. It was all Malcolm Mclaren's ploy to sell clothing in London in the late 70's.
Kid A: Dude, you're faggot!
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