Definitions for po-facedˈpoʊˌfeɪst
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
po-facedˈpoʊˌfeɪst(adj.)
Chiefly Brit.having an overly serious demeanor or attitude; humorless.
Category: Common Vocabulary, British
Origin of po-faced:
1930–35
Princeton's WordNet
po-faced(adj)
humorless and disapproving
Wiktionary
po-faced(Adjective)
Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humorless; priggish.
po-faced(Adjective)
Poker-faced.
Origin: 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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