poser
poh zer
- n a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
- n a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- n a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
- But other nations have emphatically joined the armaments race and among military men the poser is: "Will Hitler fight when it becomes definitely certain that he is losing that race.
- Roland Young as the murderer-com-poser rides easily through the play, with delightful overtones of comedy, like plucked strings.
- There is no evidence that Harvey ever read this on the air, but it's just the kind of whimsical poser that, because his name was attached to it, attracted a zillion Googlers.