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fake the funk 

To be fake or to not keep it real
Yo man, don't fake the funk.

fake the funk 

(v.) To act with a false ethos surrounding oneself in an attempt to win respect from a certain influential party.


Antonym: Keep it real
I strongly suspect butt licka to be a white boy fakin the funk.
Word of the Day on May 2, 2008

fake the funk 

to pretentiously act or appear productive or busy; to "go through the motions"
We need to fake the funk so the boss doesn't think we lack ambition.
fake the funk by Jon64Bailey December 22, 2008

Fake the Funk 

(military jargon)To falsely motivate yourself and get the work or exercise at hand.
I just can't get motivated today, so I best fake the funk or enjoy the front leaning rest position.
Fake the Funk by John1969 May 9, 2008

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026