A subgenre of "nice guys" that tries too hard to be in touch with their feminine side or pretends to like things like K-Pop, tote bags, reading, matcha, Laufey, or the like to improve their popularity with girls. This will often mean ditching their true selves to put up a facade for their partner 24/7 and may lead to strain in relationships when their partner learns that he was only acting in that manner to get some action.
Guy 1: "OMG, you wanna go to the salon and listen to Clairo later? We could go get matcha after that."
Guy 2: "mf didn't you cheat on your last girlfriend a week ago?? You're such a Performative Male."
Guy 2: "mf didn't you cheat on your last girlfriend a week ago?? You're such a Performative Male."
by Mr. Defender July 14, 2025
Get the Performative Malemug. jimmy: yo françois, where is javier?
francois: oh he’s at the end of the huntington beach pier banging marie
jimmy: with all those people watching! wow; true performative male that javier!
francois: oh he’s at the end of the huntington beach pier banging marie
jimmy: with all those people watching! wow; true performative male that javier!
by jimmy_was_a_stimulator September 4, 2025
Get the performative malemug. by Brandon November 23, 2003
Get the High performance giggler pinmug. by SaraLove March 16, 2009
Get the performance sportmug. When someone tries so hard to look liberal that it starts feeling like a performance art piece. Usually involves flexing their “wokeness” at every opportunity, treating social justice like a competition, and making sure everyone knows they’re the most progressive person in the room.
They’ll post endless photos with marginalized groups (but only for the optics), brag about their “diverse friend group,” and side-eye anyone who doesn’t speak in the latest approved vocabulary. It’s less about genuine empathy and more about getting liberal points.
They’ll post endless photos with marginalized groups (but only for the optics), brag about their “diverse friend group,” and side-eye anyone who doesn’t speak in the latest approved vocabulary. It’s less about genuine empathy and more about getting liberal points.
Did you see Amy call me a radical republican? All I said was I don’t want to call Emily a cat. She even posted about it in her story. She is definition performative liberalism!
by Mish.bel October 22, 2025
Get the Performative Liberalismmug. Putting on a show of belittling, bullying and/or humiliating someone outside of an in-group for the purposes of placating or entertaining those within the group. Usually done to present oneself as "badass" or "hardcore".
by The Logical Fallacy April 11, 2025
Get the performative crueltymug. The 3P's are defined as;
People, Process and Product.
These are Essential Elements towards Achievement and Sustainment of Performance Excellence
People, Process and Product.
These are Essential Elements towards Achievement and Sustainment of Performance Excellence
Life is all about People, going through a Process delivering a Product that is ultimately measured between the date they were born until they die. "The Dash" (The 3P's of Performance Excellence)
by The G.R.I.P. Master July 1, 2024
Get the The 3P's of Performance Excellencemug.