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Somebody who pretends to like something because they wish they looked like the people that actually do like that something.
Josh: looks at Andrew's shirt Wow, I never knew you listened to Sublime!
Andrew: No man, this shirt just looked cool
Josh: What a poser...
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Matt: Dude, I LOVE Sublime!
Josh: You're such a poser, you only know one of their songs
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Poser, Cannot Skateboard, Rip Off, Thinks he or she knows, but has no idea, Living through an image, not a lifestyle, Faker, Clueless, Do what is cool at the time, No original thought, Follower
Someone who takes another person's idea and credit's only themself. For Example: A person who shapes surfboards but does not surf. Same goes with skateboards.
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Most people you will meet in life; People who do things because it will improve their social standing, not because they actually enjoy/care about what they are doing are considered posers. Should be seen as a subculture, albeit a parasitic one that hijacks any other given subculture, waters it down, makes it "trendy" and causes people who still try to stick with the given subculture to look like a walking cliche. A good analogy is when a corporation donates to a large charity, then puts up commercials about it, proving (9/10 times) that they donated to appeal to the masses, not because they want to make the world a better place. Also, for racial minorities, an equivalent of poser would be a "ghetto rat," a "gangster," or any other stereotype.
tl;dr: Poser is a term used to describe those who cause culture and subculture to become shit.
The way 'hipster' has become because of posers, compared to the way it was before most people even knew about it. The way 'emo' (or Post Punk) has become, largely because of posers that were previously identified as 'scenesters.' The way 'Goth' and 'Punk' have become, due to kids seeing Marilyn Manson and thinking that dressing a certain way would help them rebel against society.
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Hmm. . .could be a tricky one. For the most part, posers are considered to be people who try to fit in with a certain subculture. The most common ones (subcultures) are goths, punks, skaters, emo etc.
There is also other problems posers present:
1) People who are not trying to be a goth/skater/punk/emo etc. may run the risk of being verbally/physically assaulted by the said stereotype, because they believe that the person is a 'poser', and must therefore be eliminated.
2) It becomes difficult to tell the posers and the 'real thing' apart.
3) How do you define a poser? Someone who likes to wear black clothes and listen to more mainstream music than *and everyone shall die drowning in my river of tears slit blood autumn death hearbreak*? Is anyone who likes to skate but is not crazy about it a poser?
1) I was in town today, and a crowd of 'non poser goths' started yelling that I was a poser, simply because I was wearing a black top. They did not take into account the fact that i had a bag which clearly displayed the words 'I Love Kelly Clarkson and Shayne Wark 4 Eva' in btight pink.
2) I saw two skaters today, and my friend told me one of them was a poser. I could not figure out which one it was, until the one on the left came up to me and said 'Yeah? You startin'? You ****ing chav, you ****ing poser'. I could soon make up my mind.
3) I decided to listen to a band that more than 5 people have heard of, and my goth older brother called me a poser and threw me down the stairs.
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a poser is someone that will try and be wot there not and therefore when ur a mosher and there tryin to be one by sayin i mosh everyday even though u see them go to the shop with there mum every day and must be in at 7 o clock and i f"£%ing hate them one poser told me that cradle of filth is goth hahah even though bauhaus and the cure etc is goth thanx for reading my definition bye bye
poser goth:lets go listen to cradle of filth and drink blood man
goth: (walks away)
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A person who tries being someone they aren't for social acceptance, and is always rejected by the cool kids.
1. Irma tried being like his friends Ryan R and Josh, who dressed and talked black, because they were. Irma began hanging out with them and copying their style right down to their socks, although he felt awkward and looked like an idiot. When he finally realized this, three years later, he tried being preppy like his friends Jim and Ryan W, but couldn't fit in with them either because he wasn't a prep.
2. Irma began watching MTV and BET and was influenced right away. He lived in a rich, crime-free, white collar neighborhood, but tried acting as though he were from the ghettoes of southwest Detroit. He wore baggy Girbaud jeans, a wave cap, and white tees down to his knees, although he looked retarded.
Irma: You are Asian. Black kids don't try to be Asian so why do you try to be black? You are a geek, face it. Popular kids don't try being geeks so why try being a popular kid?
Just be your ownself, you poser
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