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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Poseur #204577 02/10/2012 12:09 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 6 Tallahassee, FL, USA Blacksmith stranger Blacksmith stranger Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 6 Tallahassee, FL, USA This isn't about the word of the day, but the usage example. "Is Alain de Botton the biggest pseud and poseur..." Pseud??? I can see where it came from, but I've never seen it before. Anyone else? BTW, maybe a poseur is one who uses words like poseur. Murf Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Poseur Blacksmith #204597 02/11/2012 12:06 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Originally Posted By: Blacksmith BTW, maybe a poseur is one who uses words like poseur. So...whats it about then?? Pseud? I often hear words being abbreviated in common use/by people who want to appear 'cool'....pseud or pseudo = false. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Poseur Candy #204629 02/12/2012 6:22 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Yep, I've heard it used, but only informally as a (sort of) abbreviation, turned into a noun. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Poseur Rhubarb Commando #204633 02/12/2012 8:13 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass surprisingly, dates from 1964! British : a person who pretends to be an intellectual short for pseudo-intellectual First Known Use: 1964 [M-W 11th} edit: and, of course, OED has the apposite citation.. 1964 Spectator 20 Mar. 379/1 The pseuds and intellectual craze-mongers seem to have dropped cinéma-vérité almost as quickly as they took it up. but it was adjectivized even earlier.. 1962 Spectator 26 Oct. 656 Present-day trend-setters, pseud as they come. Last edited by tsuwm; 02/12/2012 8:20 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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