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The word in English use dates back to the mid 19th Century. It is from the French word poseur, and from the Old French word poser, meaning "to put, place, or set". The Online Etymology Dictionary, suggests that "poseur" is in fact the English word "poser" dressed "in French garb, and thus could itself be considered an affectation." [18]
The following list of glam metal bands and artists includes bands and artists that have been described as glam metal or its interchangeable terms, hair metal, [1] [2] hair band, [3] pop metal [1] and lite metal [1] by professional journalists at some stage in their career.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
Charles Poser (1923–2010), Belgian-American neurologist; Christian Poser (born 1986), German bobsledder; Dániel Póser (born 1990), Hungarian soccer player; Heinrich von Poser (1599–1661), German traveloguer; Lydia Poser (1909–1984), German politician; Rainer Poser (born 1941), German boxer; Sophie Poser (born 1985), German track and ...
Poser's organization had connections to Franz Jacob and Anton Saefkow in Berlin as well as the anti-Nazi military opposition around Claus von Stauffenberg and the Kreisau Circle. [4] On 14 July 1944, Poser was arrested at work and transferred to the headquarters of the Gestapo in Weimar. After undergoing interrogation and torture, he allegedly ...
An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer.
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.