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The word in English use dates back to the mid 19th Century. It is from the French word poseur, and from the Old French word poser, meaning "to put, place, or set". The Online Etymology Dictionary, suggests that "poseur" is in fact the English word "poser" dressed "in French garb, and thus could itself be considered an affectation." [18]
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The less extreme meaning, which is used in most Spanish-speaking countries, translates more or less as "jackass". The term, however, has highly offensive connotations in Puerto Rico. An older usage was in reference to a man who is in denial about being cheated (for example, by his wife).
It first emerged in the early 17th century as a term used by Spanish colonizers. "The children of these they call cholos. Cholo is a word from the Windward Islands ; it means dog, not of the purebred variety, but of very disreputable origin; and the Spaniards use it for insult and vituperation."
Spanish escuela alta calques English high school (secundaria or escuela secundaria in Standard Spanish) Spanish grado (de escuela) calques English grade (in school) (nota in Standard Spanish) Spanish manzana de Adán calques English Adam's apple (nuez de Adán, meaning "Adam's nut", in standard Spanish), which in turn is a calque of French ...
Mr Meah ran to a nearby house and asked for an ambulance to be called, but lost consciousness before paramedics arrived and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital.
Over the past few years, people’s feelings about their jobs have changed dramatically. Initially, there was “rage applying,” where employees who were angry about their jobs applied for ...
Charles Poser (1923–2010), Belgian-American neurologist; Christian Poser (born 1986), German bobsledder; Dániel Póser (born 1990), Hungarian soccer player; Heinrich von Poser (1599–1661), German traveloguer; Lydia Poser (1909–1984), German politician; Rainer Poser (born 1941), German boxer; Sophie Poser (born 1985), German track and ...