the fake working class, especially actors, DJs and TV chefs who behave and speak in a fashion not in keeping with their middle class upbringing.
by Pooty McPoots February 12, 2008
Get the fauxletariat mug.Falsely claiming to be of a lower socio-economic or working class in order to appear humble, hide true wealth, dodge responsibility, or deflect criticism about an easy life.
Portmanteau of 'faux' and 'proletarian' - fauxletariat can be used for a collection of fauxletarians.
Portmanteau of 'faux' and 'proletarian' - fauxletariat can be used for a collection of fauxletarians.
He is such a fauxletarian! He makes 90k a year at an easy corporate job, but rages against the machine and goes on and on about his working class credentials.
She likes to tell everyone she is a starving student, but sends her mother's maid to the thrift store for 'real' clothes. Fauxletarian!
She likes to tell everyone she is a starving student, but sends her mother's maid to the thrift store for 'real' clothes. Fauxletarian!
by Grinding August 31, 2010
Get the fauxletarian mug.Related Words
fauxke • fauxhemian • faulkenberry • Fauxment • fauxreo • fauxtee • fauxberry • Fauxcest • fauxfended • fauxlebrity
by runbucky October 8, 2012
Get the fauxtella mug.The fastest streamer. The meme itself. The voice of reason. The gift from heaven.
Think you can follow Fauxre? She is too fast. But you can try.
The odds of catching a spontaneous Fauxre stream is less than those of being hit by a jet engine while riding a bike.
Think you can follow Fauxre? She is too fast. But you can try.
The odds of catching a spontaneous Fauxre stream is less than those of being hit by a jet engine while riding a bike.
by redmoth February 26, 2018
Get the Fauxre mug.Fauxpertise is fake expertise that a person thinks they have or pretends to have. It comes from the assumption that because they are an expert in one area, they must be an expert in something else, when they clearly aren't.
Includes: fauxpertising, fauxpertised, fauxspert
Example:
For example, let's say someone you know really likes to play board games. We'll call him Ricky. He's as close to an expert board game player as you can imagine.
Another friend - Ruth - has an idea for a boardgame and she's been working to develop it and launch it for nearly a year. She's been thru over half a dozen major design revisions, has done direct market research, been to the major tradeshow for games, has over a thousand combined hours in game testing and has talked with a few distributors. She's personally invested over $100K in direct costs in creating her game. She's become extremely knowledgable.
Ruth has a refined V1 prototype and is working on getting it manufactured and distributed.
You, Ricky and Ruth are at a party. Ruth is talking about where she is in her startup. Ricky has just learned about her game, has never played it and does not have professional experience in the gaming industry - he likes to play boardgames and is very good at that.
After listening to Ruth talk about her progress for about 30 seconds Ricky states confidently "that's not a good idea - wholesale distributors won't carry women's games".
Includes: fauxpertising, fauxpertised, fauxspert
Example:
For example, let's say someone you know really likes to play board games. We'll call him Ricky. He's as close to an expert board game player as you can imagine.
Another friend - Ruth - has an idea for a boardgame and she's been working to develop it and launch it for nearly a year. She's been thru over half a dozen major design revisions, has done direct market research, been to the major tradeshow for games, has over a thousand combined hours in game testing and has talked with a few distributors. She's personally invested over $100K in direct costs in creating her game. She's become extremely knowledgable.
Ruth has a refined V1 prototype and is working on getting it manufactured and distributed.
You, Ricky and Ruth are at a party. Ruth is talking about where she is in her startup. Ricky has just learned about her game, has never played it and does not have professional experience in the gaming industry - he likes to play boardgames and is very good at that.
After listening to Ruth talk about her progress for about 30 seconds Ricky states confidently "that's not a good idea - wholesale distributors won't carry women's games".
He knew a lot about water skiing which was a springboard for his fauxpertise in yacht manufacturing.
He fauxpertised his way through seven failed startups.
He thinks that if he yells louder nobody will realize he's a fauxspert.
That entire company is built on fauxpertising.
He fauxpertised his way through seven failed startups.
He thinks that if he yells louder nobody will realize he's a fauxspert.
That entire company is built on fauxpertising.
by FauxyOne October 31, 2014
Get the fauxpertise mug.matt, you fauker
by chance the great August 23, 2003
Get the fauker mug."Fake homeless"; Scruffy-looking teenagers who think it's cool to hang out on the streets and beg for change, but at they end of the day go back home to their middle-class lifestyles and their parents' house in the suburbs.
It's impossible to walk down a major street in this city without being accosted by hordes of fauxmeless kids asking for spare change.
by Crownprince75 October 8, 2009
Get the fauxmeless mug.