Meanings
- uncountableTaking oneself grotesquely seriously.
The Daily Telegraph Yes, the element of Pooterism is fantastically strong, taking yourself grotesquely seriously.
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Although the word blog suggests attitude and subversion, it's really just a hi-tech kind of diary and carries the identical risk of Pooterism.
2005, Mark Lawson, BBCThe Daily Telegraph In his letter, Morgan obligingly, but probably unwittingly, demonstrated a wonderfully neat example of "Pooterism".
NY Times [P]rivacy would be a prime value in the world of Pooterism and the semi-detached villa on a suburban line.
Origin
Pooter + -ism, from the character in Diary of a Nobody.
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Pooterism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pooterism
“Pooterism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pooterism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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