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Poster Syndrome

The reluctance to post on social media, specifically LinkedIn based on an irrational fear of making a fool of yourself.
Person 1: "Your take on the metaverse is so spot on, you should post it on LinkedIn.@
Person 2: "Thank you, I would but I a have a bad case of poster syndrome"
by accidentallygenius July 20, 2022
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French poster

A staunch feminist, referring to French posters in the 1960s targeting Algerian women to unveil themselves.
John: "Check this tweet out by a feminist, she says women with veils are backwards!"
Josh: "Typical French poster behaviour."
by YourLocalBrownie June 12, 2023
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Poster Session

When a group of academics peer pressures each another into pouring a few litres of beer into a tube designed for holding a conference poster, and passing it between them to chug from as if passing a joint.

Originated at RSS2019 in Schlappen, Freiburg.
Academic 1 to academic 2: “Hey, drink from this poster tube!”

Crowd of academics: “poster session! Poster session!”
by melonelemone June 25, 2019
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poster kid

Teenagers/young adults who may have earlier identified themselves as punk, emo, scene, or a mixture of those based on the bands they listened to from 2003-2009 that grew Van’s Warped Tour 2005 to its ultimate success headlining My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Thrice, Motion City Soundtrack, Avenged Sevenfold, etc.
I was a total poster kid in high school
by inxthisxlove June 21, 2018
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Poster Trouble

when posters mess you around
by Steve January 8, 2005
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Poster Job

A thing that is considered shallow or lacks substance with only the intent to entice interest but offer nothing more. Similar to the feeling of seeing an interesting ad or movie poster but realizing the real thing is disappointing or devoid of value.
Lucas: "Oh hey, I heard the festival is this weekend. Should we go?"
Eva: "Don't even think about it man, it's a total poster job. Unless burning money is a hobby of yours."
by Burnt Bunsen December 10, 2025
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