poser

mod poser

1. Someone who tries to appear modern (hence "mod") and trendy by dressing in fashionable clothes. He spends so much time and money on his appearance to project this hip façade, but he's just a mod poser.
2. Someone who pretends to be a moderator, or acts as if they have the authority of one, in an online forum or community. I was playing against this guy online last night who was a total mod poser—he kept threatening to ban my account just because he kept losing to me.
See also: mod, poser

poser

A pejorative term for someone who acts in an ultimately disingenuous manner in an attempt to identify as a member of a group or project a certain image. Please, did you see that guy's work? He's no artist, just another schmoozing poser. These new fans are all posers. They only know the band because they were on the soundtrack of that movie.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

mod poser

(ˈmɑd ˈpozɚ)
n. someone who looks mod in dress only. (Collegiate.) Tiffany is such a mod poser. At home it’s jeans and a T-shirt.
See also: mod, poser

poser

n. someone who pretends to belong to a group only by affecting the attributes of the group. (see also mod poser.) What’s he doing here? He’s just a poser, looking for dates.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • mod poser
  • vogue
  • uncool
  • stylin
  • be in tune with the times
  • get in tune with the times
  • so last year
  • the in thing to do
  • stupid fresh
  • in tune with the times
References in periodicals archive
When Poser came to PyeongChang last year for her test event, she sent a plethora of photos of Korea to her sister.
At the end of each episode, MTV would let the victim trace the whereabouts of the poser. Most of the time, the meeting would end up as big disappointments because the victim would finally see the lie that had been kept from him.
Dr Poser said after a return visit by Messi last month: "Lionel came here for other treatment too, but for professional reasons I cannot say what they were.
Pep Guardiola sent other Barcelona players and they similarly benefitted from Poser's work.
He swam the length of the pool, still submerged under the water, and then jumped out, shaking himself dry over the 'poser' lying on his sunbed.
Poser Pro provides users with the ability to build full 3D scenes with enhanced naturalistic quality, and allows production teams to cut project times, increase output and quickly train a variety of artists with ease.
Upon arrival in Vancouver in the early 1980s, the Posers became involved with the then recently-formed British Columbia Humanist Association, first as regular members, and later with Ernest serving on the Board of Directors.
Samedi, les nouvelles du robot et du vaisseau qui le transporte -- Mars Science Laboratory -- etaient bonnes et les scientifiques de la NASA a Pasadena (Californie), qui pilotent la mission, se felicitaient des bonnes conditions meteorologiques dans la region du cratere de Gale, oE doit se poser Curiosity.
That was the era of skating that I came to, which was probably poser stuff, but we were 13, so it was mind blowing.
After touring the Poser 8 interface, this series of 94 lessons introduces the commands for posing a 3D figure and the available rooms of features for enhancing figures.
Learn how to bring Poser characters to life through a survey of the latest version of the 3D figure design software, which provides a fine introduction to methods, techniques and character development.
The site has a forum and a choice of online tutorials covering popular software applications including 3DS max, Bryce, LightWave, Maya and Poser. The art gallery showcases some of the high-quality work being made by amateur artists around the globe.
And the poser turned out to be none other than Blackburn wantaway and Premier League hot-property David Bentley.
Levien & Company's Daphne Poser, project manager, says the new store "blends the old-world charm of the former location, including lots of wood paneling and custom wood fixtures for displaying their enormous selection of wines and spirits, with such modern conveniences as a material lift to move some of the stores 59,000 bottles from the climate controlled wine storage room in the cellar to the street level store." The new location also has a tasting room on the second floor.