po-faced
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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”.
Adjective [edit]
po-faced (comparative more po-faced, superlative most po-faced)
- (UK) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humorless; priggish.
- (UK) Poker-faced.
External links [edit]
- article on po-faced at World Wide Words
