A manipulative tactic where someone retroactively claims they had planned a generous or thoughtful act but blames the other person's behavior for "ruining" it. This fabricated scenario is used as a trap to evoke guilt, regret, or compliance, even though the supposed gesture was never genuinely intended.
After our disagreement, he set up a fake gesture trap, saying he was about to propose to me but decided not to because I upset him.
by The Fairy Godfather January 5, 2025

Someone that says they are your friend but then stabs you in the back with a cold knife and twists it
by Coffeefan_1 June 27, 2017

"Fake honesty" is a way of answering a question honestly and politely but not necessarily answering the question.
Person A: Does this dress make me look fat?
Person B: It makes you look sparkly.
Person A: ... Stop using fake honesty.
Person B: It makes you look sparkly.
Person A: ... Stop using fake honesty.
by Skater G October 17, 2023

To fool your co-workers into thinking you've been fired, by putting on your coat and silently leaving after a closed door meeting with the boss.
by Comas Yada December 11, 2008

when your checking out someone from a distance and when you get closer it turn out it was nothing like what you thought she/him would look like.
dang that girl in the blue dress looks good *walks closer to girl* uuhhhmmm never mind its a five mile fake out, she looks 40.
by Santa’s brother June 27, 2018

by fake dating September 22, 2020

Are Gill and Jonny suitable for promotion? No way, they're all talk and no trousers; real fake chipleaders!
by Django Elf March 19, 2021
