poser

n 1: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

[syn: {poseur}]

2: 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" [syn: {model}]

3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

[syn: {stumper}, {toughie}]

loser

An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer,

or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can

lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that

he knows not. Emphatic forms are "real loser", "total loser",

and "complete loser" (but not ▫▫"moby loser", which would be a

contradiction in terms).

See {luser}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-04-19)