po-faced

== English == === Etymology === 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”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ.feɪst/ === Adjective === po-faced (comparative more po-faced, superlative most po-faced) (UK) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish. [from 1930s] (UK) Poker-faced. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===