POSE
NOUNS
► B-BOY STANCE a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music → 20C teen & high school sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FAKER one who poses falsely to gain status → 1990s US students’ sl.
► WALKING GENTLEMAN one who poses as something but lacks the expertise to back the image → L19 sl.
VERBS
► COP to affect a manner; to pose → 1940s African-American sl.
► FAKE THE FUNK to pose as more sophisticated than one actually is → 1970s African-American sl.
► MODEL to pose, as at a party or club → 1990s African-American sl.
► QUEEN to act in an effeminate manner; to pose ostentatiously → 1970s sl.
► VAMPER to make an ostentatious appearance; to pose → 1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► VAPOUR to pose; to go into attitudes as an orator → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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