poster child
(chiefly, North America, idiomatic) One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.
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Faux Noise knows their viewers can only concentrate long enough for slogans, not real chains of logic. And, at Fox, Watters is their poster child molester
Define “made it”. Isn’t she pretty much the poster child for incompetence? Which is quite a feat given Trump.
Marc is the poster child of 90s Silicon Valley bro - he was in the right place at the right time, got wealthy through this kind of luck, and he assumes that means that he’s smart.
Although I forgot we also stopped and did the "if it's white don't bite" per my doc, and also went gluten and dairy free. Hey, I might be a poster child for effortless veg transition!
the house has been slowly watching through Big Order (aka Big Odor (aka Poo Tinky (aka Eye of Da Mummy))) and it's astounding how, despite being relatively tame in terms of what is shown onscreen, this show is my new…
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(chiefly, North America, idiomatic) One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.
He's a poster child for militant vegetarianism.
“Faux Noise knows their viewers can only concentrate long enough for slogans, not real chains of logic. And, at Fox, Watters is their poster child molester”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Define “made it”. Isn’t she pretty much the poster child for incompetence? Which is quite a feat given Trump.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Marc is the poster child of 90s Silicon Valley bro - he was in the right place at the right time, got wealthy through this kind of luck, and he assumes that means that he’s smart.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Although I forgot we also stopped and did the "if it's white don't bite" per my doc, and also went gluten and dairy free. Hey, I might be a poster child for effortless veg transition!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“the house has been slowly watching through Big Order (aka Big Odor (aka Poo Tinky (aka Eye of Da Mummy))) and it's astounding how, despite being relatively tame in terms of what is shown onscreen, this show is my new poster child for what I refer to as "school shooter misogyny"”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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