fauxbrow

Perjorative designation for an art object, gesture, attitude, etc, that the critic perceives as existing outside the continuum of judgement: neither lowbrow nor highbrow, fauxbrow indicates a perception that the object of criticism has lost its way via pretense, ideology, dogma, etc. The defining of fauxbrow is itself an example of fauxbrow.

'Anatomy of Hell'? Fauxbrow. The Prime Minister of Australia's foreign policy? Fauxbrow. The Raelians? Utterly fauxbrow. Michel Houellebecq's body of work? Though in places fauxbrow, his most visceral moments are the edifice of a genius.

by Dan Disney June 11, 2006

fauxbriety

The act of faking one's sobriety to convince family, friends, or the courts that one is seeking to maintain a clean existence.

Lindsay's fauxbriety was apparent when she was seen stumbling out of the club on Saturday night.

by RJMiller July 27, 2008

fauxbag

Someone who superficial, facetious, and image obsessed, yet prone to frequent bouts of promiscuity to assuage her low self esteem.

"Because of her unrelenting fixation with appearances and endless supply of exaggerated compliments, we began to wonder if Christie was a complete fauxbag."

by Sookie Barnfeld June 29, 2012

Fauxgrammer

A fake computer programmer who talks a good game but is fucking incompetent and cannot write code. Any programming language will do because they don't know shit in any of them.

Mike: Did you review Kevin's code ?

Tony: Yep.
Mike: What is your assessment ?
Tony: It ran for two days and finally shit the bed an hour ago. Blue screen. Methinks Kevin is a fauxgrammer!

by malachi14 July 7, 2016

fauxbia

A faux (false) phobia.

Mal: "My dad has a phobia of morris dancing and irish jigs"
Me: "There's no such thing, you douche. That's a fauxbia"

by Philistine August 31, 2007

Fauxbama Supporter

A person who says that they support Barack Obama to fit in with other co-workers, but in reality supports a different candidate or has divergent views from the Democratic Party doctrine.

I think the receptionist at work is not really one of us... She must be a FAUXbama Supporter!

by BryantK March 18, 2009

FauxBama

a poser who acts like they like Obama just to be cool.

"Screw Steve, He's FauxBama"

by Imeanmine October 19, 2008