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Poser, to West Coast American teenagers, means someone who tries to appear to be something they are not.
Example: someone who dresses like a "skate-boarder", hangs out with the skaters, talks like the skaters......but does not know how to skate-board would be called a poser.
It was a word in use in the '80s to denote those who dressed like punks but did not adopt the lifestyle of the punks. Simply put, a poser is a "wanna-be."
The connotation is demeaning but slightly humorous.
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Or just Muppets? http://www.kajagoogoo.co.uk/kajagoogoo/goo19.html
oh, that's just scary.
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"...dressed like punks but did not adopt the lifestyle of the punks..."
We called 'em "new wavers".
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Try HoserPoser.com. "How to fake being a Canadian." I Googled it and found the website but coudn't get it open on this computer. (Google asked me if I hadn't meant to look for horsepower which is not the same thing at all)
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I've no idea whence the word but the hoser himself, almost always male, is an Eastern Canadian. It is a reasonably mild insult often used between friends implying low class and low brain power. Thanks to the TV characters Bob and Doug McKenzie it also implies plaid wool shirts, toques and a lot of beer. As in "Quit tryin' to steal my beer. Yer such a hoser, eh."
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Zed,  I remember some of the McKenzie skits! I thought they were hilarious, even if I didn't get *all the jokes.
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Heh*heh Been there, done that and I'd wager I'm not the only one.... 
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