"poser" (before 1990?)

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Matthew Gordon wrote:

> There was a bar/club in Georgetown in the 80's (maybe still around)
> called
> Posers.

i don't find evidence of it on google.

it could be the name of a gay bar.  in gay bar lingo a poser is a
beautiful young man who "stands and models" -- displays himself,
often haughtily.  (i have observed them in situ in a number of
locations, in both the u.s. and the u.k.)  some posers are hustlers,
but many are not.

Posers wouldn't be a great name for a gay bar.  but then it wouldn't
be a great name  for a bar, period, if it's taken in its current
teenage sense.

arnold