# po-faced

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpəʊ.feɪst/

## Definitions
1. Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish.
2. Poker-faced.

## 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”.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/po-faced