Associations to the word «Poser»

Wiktionary

POSER, noun. (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
POSER, noun. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
POSER, noun. (pejorative) (slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others

Dictionary definition

POSER, noun. A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.
POSER, noun. A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos".
POSER, noun. A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn