po-faced

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po-faced

/ˈpəʊ.feɪst/

Where it comes from

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”.

adjective more po-faced · most po-faced

UK Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish. 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.
UK Poker-faced.

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adj wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression

Deutsch	streng, grimmig, mürrisch

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@misc{po_faced_2026,
  title = {po-faced},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/po-faced},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}