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Definition of poster boy in English: poster boynoun North American A man who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc. he is the poster boy for stress he's been anointed country rock's poster boy Example sentencesExamples - He is hardly a poster boy for dreary academic theory.
- The magazine described him as the "poster boy for new Canadian cinema at the film fest".
- Thanks to mass media, he has become the poster boy and the bogeyman for a new age of terror.
- Almost overnight, the 26-year-old became the poster boy for American independent film.
- Indie rock's poster boy for wise-beyond-the-years angst has finally found something worth smiling about.
- Barnes could serve as the poster boy for anger.
- He seemed like a poster boy for youth, good looks, and vitality.
- Able to hunt down a caribou and navigate by the stars, Kunuk is also a 21st-century, tech-savvy man who doesn't want to play poster boy for Inuit life.
- They were a large part of slacker culture, and became poster boys for Generation X.
- The poster boy for the dumbing down of film, it's no wonder she hired him: she becomes the scholar by default.
- Seething with frustration, harboring squelched ambition, and recovering from triple bypass surgery, he is the poster boy for stress.
Origin 1940s: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young men and appealing children. Definition of poster boy in US English: poster boynoun North American A man who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc. he is the poster boy for stress he's been anointed country rock's poster boy Example sentencesExamples - Seething with frustration, harboring squelched ambition, and recovering from triple bypass surgery, he is the poster boy for stress.
- The poster boy for the dumbing down of film, it's no wonder she hired him: she becomes the scholar by default.
- Indie rock's poster boy for wise-beyond-the-years angst has finally found something worth smiling about.
- The magazine described him as the "poster boy for new Canadian cinema at the film fest".
- Barnes could serve as the poster boy for anger.
- Able to hunt down a caribou and navigate by the stars, Kunuk is also a 21st-century, tech-savvy man who doesn't want to play poster boy for Inuit life.
- Almost overnight, the 26-year-old became the poster boy for American independent film.
- Thanks to mass media, he has become the poster boy and the bogeyman for a new age of terror.
- They were a large part of slacker culture, and became poster boys for Generation X.
- He seemed like a poster boy for youth, good looks, and vitality.
- He is hardly a poster boy for dreary academic theory.
Origin 1940s: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young men and appealing children. |