Po-faced
//ˈpəʊ.feɪst// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish. British
"Nae hassle man . . . I'll git oaf the skag, and Saughton's barry fir hash. It'll be a piece ay pish likesay . . . he sais, as he's escorted away by a po–faced labdick."
- 2 Poker-faced. British
Adjective
- 1 humorless and disapproving wordnet
Example
More examples"Nae hassle man . . . I'll git oaf the skag, and Saughton's barry fir hash. It'll be a piece ay pish likesay . . . he sais, as he's escorted away by a po–faced labdick."
Etymology
Uncertain, probably from po, abbreviated slang based on French pot de chambre (“chamber pot”), after the distasteful expression anyone would adopt upon being presented with a full one. Perhaps similarly from pooh; perhaps influenced by poker-faced. Also possibly “poor-faced”.
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