"Predentian" is a portmanteau, a word made by blending in that case two words and it combines both the sounds and meanings of the originals, "pre" comes from the word PRETEND and "dentian" comes from INDIAN, in other words "predentian" is a fake Indian, a person who feigns to be indigenous. For various reasons some people have a motive to identify with indigenous peoples, Buffy Sainte-Marie is one of them. In the 60s when she was a young and aspiring musician, her indigenous imago no doubt greatly elevated her career also as a TV star later, it was a common phenomenon at the time and it still seems to be.
She was born in Stoneham, Maine, US, her birth name is Beverly Jean Santamaria (family used name Ste. Marie), her father was of Italian descent, mother's roots were in England.
This predentian has been fabricating contradictory tales about her ancestry since about her twenties. Once her family tried to correct her nonsense by telling that she is Beverly from Maine, not adopted indigenous child from Saskatchewan, Canada, she then threatened her family with expensive lawsuits, she was already an established star at the time and wealthy enough to destroy them financially with a herd of lawyers - and this was the mildest threat from this sociopathic pretendian. She has now finally been caught and reliably proven to be a swindler after decades of false indigenous ancestry claims.
She was born in Stoneham, Maine, US, her birth name is Beverly Jean Santamaria (family used name Ste. Marie), her father was of Italian descent, mother's roots were in England.
This predentian has been fabricating contradictory tales about her ancestry since about her twenties. Once her family tried to correct her nonsense by telling that she is Beverly from Maine, not adopted indigenous child from Saskatchewan, Canada, she then threatened her family with expensive lawsuits, she was already an established star at the time and wealthy enough to destroy them financially with a herd of lawyers - and this was the mildest threat from this sociopathic pretendian. She has now finally been caught and reliably proven to be a swindler after decades of false indigenous ancestry claims.
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"the pretendians are on the reservations".
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when you are supposed to be doing work at school but you are doing something else on your computer and your teacher walks by so you write "I am pretending to type something" so it looks like you're busy working.
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Get the i am pretending to type something mug.Like an ostentation of peacocks, a murder of crows, or a parliament of owls, a pretension of hipsters is a simple and elegant term for a grouping of one of the more annoying self-referential and self-satisfied demographics in the history of demographics. Pretensions of hipsters can be found combing through old record stores in search of vinyl, hitting cool overpriced urban thrift stores, hanging for hours at local coffee shops, and, either performing in, or standing in line to listen to, a band of other hipsters with unfortunate facial hair, playing quasi-folky/blue grass inspired, unidentifiable something or other. There will be a banjo player.
Although pretensions of hipsters set up residence in cool and edgy neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and San Francisco's Mission District, where they can be spotted unabashedly overstating their cultural significance, they will have most likely arrived, trust funds in tow, during the second or third wave of gentrification, well after the hard-core artists have done the difficult work of staking out a claim in a relatively inexpensive if shady neighborhood, with no coffee shops, just delis and bodegas, with burnt coffee to go.
Although pretensions of hipsters set up residence in cool and edgy neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and San Francisco's Mission District, where they can be spotted unabashedly overstating their cultural significance, they will have most likely arrived, trust funds in tow, during the second or third wave of gentrification, well after the hard-core artists have done the difficult work of staking out a claim in a relatively inexpensive if shady neighborhood, with no coffee shops, just delis and bodegas, with burnt coffee to go.
"Look honey, a pretension of hipsters just arrived in our neighborhood."
"Glad I didn't throw out my stove pipe hat."
"Glad I didn't throw out my stove pipe hat."
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Get the Pretendonitis mug.A white person, usually a hippie, granola, or wanna-be guru who uses words like "Father Sky", "Mother Earth", "sacred circle" and "four winds" to try to convince other white people how spiritual they are. These people can often be seen beating drums, wearing turquoise, and howling at the moon on weekends.
Damn it, Bob, stop being a Pretindian. You're an accountant for chrissake. Enough "Taxes with Wolves" nonsense!
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