"poser" (before 1990?)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Was anybody using the teenage term "poser" before 1990? That's the earliest date I've found on Usenet.

A "poser," for those who in the dark, is a shallow but usu. self-assured show-off with only a faddish interest in some popular activity, social group, musical style, consumer durable, etc.; a "poseur," more or less, but in less refined circles.

JL


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