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Fauxfanity 

Pronounced \fo-"fan-'&-tE\

words that resemble profanity but you aren't using cuss, curse or swear words.
Fauxfanity includes using...
"freak" or "frik" instead of "fuck"
"darn" instead of "damn"
"heck" instead of "hell"
"shoot" or "crap" instead of "shit"
"butt" or "arse" instead of "ass"
"betch" instead of "bitch"
"B.S." instead of "bullshit"
Fauxfanity by Donez January 28, 2006
Related Words

Fauxrage 

Frenzy created by media or blogs to inflate a usually minor, perceived offense into a major scandal or continuing political event.
Congress, in a fit of fauxrage, passed a resolution condemning a newspaper ad about a General. The fauxrage was stoked primarily by Faux News
Fauxrage by Upper West March 31, 2008

Fauxmage 

Fake Cheese. Faux meets Fromage. Even though they are two French words, I think most Anglos know their meaning.
Or maybe Fauxmaggio if you prefer French meets Italian (faux meets fromaggio)?
Fauxmage by Xavier Reivax October 11, 2009

Fauxpage 

A fake facebook page for someone real. Typically the real person will have another facebook page where their real friends are, while the fauxpage is just a public front.
Stan: Hey, you haven't updated your facebook page in a month.
Dan: Oh, that's my fauxpage. Barely update it but it works to prevent people from finding my real profile.

Stan: People like me?
Dan: Yup.
Fauxpage by Aximill April 22, 2011
Someone who superficial, facetious, and image obsessed, yet prone to frequent bouts of promiscuity to assuage her low self esteem.
"Because of her unrelenting fixation with appearances and endless supply of exaggerated compliments, we began to wonder if Christie was a complete fauxbag."
fauxbag by Sookie Barnfeld June 29, 2012

Fauxsage 

Fake sausage such as those made from soya.
It was a fauxsage, just an imposter sausage
Fauxsage by Fraude January 5, 2015