poseurs

Ridiculing poseurs is hardly new, Alex admitted, but it is once more all the rage.

The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . Phil Daoust 2010

Facing down the poseurs were a loose band of old school soul confederates determined to return R&B to its vintage, analog roots.

Shawn Amos: Where'd You Go, D'Angelo? 2010

Then this person says he rides a fixed-gear because he loves to ride his bike, and he wishes the "poseurs" would stay away.

Last Call for Identities: Fixed-Gear Culture No Longer Accepting New Members BikeSnobNYC 2009

Or this from the Sydney Morning Herald in 2002: Palestinians arrest al-Qaeda 'poseurs'

The Butchering Of Gaza 2009

It may only be the obligation of not claiming to be more of a member of a group than you are (consider punk fury and disdain at "poseurs").

Cultural Appropriation Hal Duncan 2006

They were devotees of learned music; "poseurs," others said, who pretended to admire works they did not understand at all.

Musical Memories Camille Saint-Sa��ns 1878

MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNN) -- This city's drug underworld is littered with "poseurs"

CNN.com 2009

While true surfers or skateboarders may show some loyalty, part of Volcom's success is selling to those who want to act or feel a part of this lifestyle (called "poseurs", at least in my time).

SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Steve Alexander 2009

If Zachriel were legion. committee collective pseudonym group of poseurs ultimate expression of internet group think hive legion commune of anti-IDists weird anti-TT cult five people collective tri-unity

Advocacy in Science: a Parasitic Practice 2010

Not that Perry invented the paradigm, but he fits precisely into the well-crafted paper doll persona devised sometime around the era of Reagan's ascension when wonky button-down conservatives began their slow extinction in favor of a new breed of crazy-eyed ideological poseurs and performers.

Bob Cesca: Rick Perry Is a Socialist in a Secessionist Costume Bob Cesca 2011