"faux" + "attention": pretending to pay attention in class; an offensive tactic during lecture classes when you are using your laptop. Fauxtention involves giving knowing and "interested" nods to your professor to show you're paying attention. But what you're really doing is preempting any suspicion that you are surfing the internet as much as you really are.
Fauxtention earns brownie points.
by Ae5Ea8 March 27, 2015
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When she noticed her ex-boyfriend walking towards her at the mall, she pulled out her cell phone and began fauxtexting in order to avoid the utter awkwardness of talking to him.
by tanner4 March 4, 2010
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The proliferation of blog based sites simply copy/pasting from other sources. Particularly large paparazzi images of Jessica Alba in a Bikini taking up an entire page
by Barfxmillion January 14, 2009
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Party Girl1 Omg Krissy walked into the party the other night using big words that noone understands and judging everyone.
Party Girl 2 Omg I know Krissy is such a fauxtectual. Its ridicolous and she should just get over herself.
Party Girl 2 Omg I know Krissy is such a fauxtectual. Its ridicolous and she should just get over herself.
by Blair Cornelia December 26, 2011
Get the Fauxtectual mug.A fuaxtist is an indivdual who pretends to be a full fledged artist despite the fact that their creativity is more of a hobby, not an occupation. Close association to fauxhemians, bobos and yipsters.
Rogers Park in Chicago is a neighborhood with many fauxtists who work 9-5 jobs, but claim to friends and family that they are in fact artist. Rarely make any art.
by avant-chicago May 24, 2008
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Antifa doesn't have a cause. Their fauxtesting is to hide their fascist desires to stamp out anything they disagree with.
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