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Just my little story regarding the mullet:
A gentleman at my place of employment sports one of these mullets. And I must say that even though the style is quite outdated,
it is so befitting for him, that everyone likes it on him. He has the perfect texture of hair for it. That is, thick and course and just the right amount of curl for the locks in the back to bouncily cascade down his neck and upper back. The color is salt and pepper, so we call him Pepper Locks, in lieu of the name that chicky in the Bears three goes by.......
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In reply to:
we call him Pepper Locks, in lieu of the name that chicky in the Bears three goes by.......
Which would be what? And who are the Bears three?
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poser
Heard this word bantered about a lot over on the VH1 Music Boards I used to frequent. The first time I encountered it was there a couple of years back, and it was usually used by folks who were dissing some band they didn't like for being a sellout, or a fraud to whatever genre they worked in (rock, grunge, etc.) The youngest on the board, especially the high school set, used poser the most. Am I getting the true sense of the word, poser, here, or am I missin' something?
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I've always understood a poser to be someone who strikes poses rather than does something from the heart, i.e., their main motivation is to impress lesser mortals. In your context WON, I think the accusation would be that the band was seeking street cred or was slumming to show the plebs how things should be done rather than having a genuine love of the genre.
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Am I getting the true sense of the word, poser,
In the sense that you and Bingley write about, WO'N, I have always spelt the word as posEUr, with the 'u'. A 'posEr' for me has always meant a question. Since the two of you use it, posEr must be an accepted alternative spelling for poseur.
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My dictionary gives poseur as the first meaning for poser, and difficult question for the second meaning.
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Whatever the dictionary says must be right I suppose (that’s irony*), but in my mind’s ear, ‘poser’ was originally used with a strong London accent, as in:
“’E’s a right poser, i’n’ ‘e.”
… and it meant their ex school - mate now drives a BMW and wears a Rolex and a blonde with long legs and short skirts but has difficulty with the repayments.
Now we all use the word ‘poser’ to describe the person who tries to give an undeserved or overplayed impression of success, or of being at ease in an environment or activity not natural to him/her. A fundamental characteristic of the poser, to me, is that they are unconvincing. I don't think that need be the case with the poseur.
*Note: I gather that we always have to give warning when irony is used. I don’t know why.
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RE:wears a Rolex and a blonde with long legs and short skirts
Tell me, does wear the blonde on his wrist? or some where else?
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