Po-faced Definition

pōfāst
adjective
Priggishly disapproving.
American Heritage
Expressionless; impassive.
Webster's New World
Stern, smug, humorless, etc.
Webster's New World

(UK) Poker-faced.

Wiktionary

Origin of Po-faced

  • 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".

    From Wiktionary

  • From po chamberpot (a po-faced expression being likened to that of a person observing the contents of a chamber pot with disgust) from French pot de chambre chamber pot pot pot de of chambre room

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Po-faced Sentence Examples

  • Back to basics The Mercury prize is now too po-faced for its own good.

  • Out in the fresh air once more, Ewan and Kai rejoined a jubilant Leon and a rather po-faced wizard.

  • I may be an idiot, but I'm not po-faced.

  • I was, yes, and you always had to be polite about it because the wrestling team were somewhat po-faced about it.

  • Why are so many of us so po-faced about learning and the place of learning in society?

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