Poser

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I don't know who this guy is, but no one knows more about Nirvana than me!!!1!11
I don't know who this guy is, but no one knows more about Nirvana than me!!!1!11

Theoretically, a poser is a person who acts like they are an expert in a given field, while nothing could be further from the truth.

In reality, however, the word "poser" means "everyone except me". Yes, whatever you're into, from the Beatles to medieval antique butt plugs, you can always be pretty certain that you know a lot more about it than anyone. Everyone else who claims to be into it is just posturing, and their meager experience with it is dwarfed by your own God-like wisdom. After all, you liked butt-plugs before they were cool, and that's all that matters.

This attitude is especially common amongst 16-year-old girls, and can be observed in just about every lifestyle and subculture in existence, particularly the following:

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Faggots spell it with a u, under the false impression that this makes them seem more European.

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