Behavior intended to gain attention, typically through shameless and even misleading statements or acts.
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1. A person, typically femme-presenting, who adopts an overtly sexual persona through dress, language or online presence as a deliberate aesthetic or performance. Often characterised by flirtatious or provocative expression without necessarily engaging in frequent sexual activity in real life.
2. (informal, ironic or self-aware) Someone who playfully leans into the ‘slut’ identity for humour or empowerment, especially in digital spaces, while not being sexually active by default.
1. A person, typically femme-presenting, who adopts an overtly sexual persona through dress, language or online presence as a deliberate aesthetic or performance. Often characterised by flirtatious or provocative expression without necessarily engaging in frequent sexual activity in real life.
2. (informal, ironic or self-aware) Someone who playfully leans into the ‘slut’ identity for humour or empowerment, especially in digital spaces, while not being sexually active by default.
She dresses like a bop and tweets like a dominatrix, but hasn’t slept with anyone in months; classic performative slut.
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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."
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A "Performisee" is someone who engages in actions or behaviors meant to create an impression of moral or spiritual superiority, while being driven by self-interest, ego, or social gain rather than authentic conviction.
This term combines the concept of performing for an audience with the Pharisees, who in biblical tradition were often criticized for their hypocrisy and external displays of religious devotion.
A "Performisee" is someone who engages in actions or behaviors meant to create an impression of moral or spiritual superiority, while being driven by self-interest, ego, or social gain rather than authentic conviction.
This term combines the concept of performing for an audience with the Pharisees, who in biblical tradition were often criticized for their hypocrisy and external displays of religious devotion.
Performisees (noun):
"Her speeches about kindness were nothing but the antics of a Performisee, always seeking validation without ever truly living the values she preached."
"Her speeches about kindness were nothing but the antics of a Performisee, always seeking validation without ever truly living the values she preached."
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“You see those performative men over there?”
“Yeah, the one with 3 Labubus clipped to his fanny pack and the buff one with red nail polish proudly carrying a protein shake and a copy of Sapiens like it’s the Bible?”
“Yeah, the one with 3 Labubus clipped to his fanny pack and the buff one with red nail polish proudly carrying a protein shake and a copy of Sapiens like it’s the Bible?”
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