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Fake news 

Fake news is a piece of news which has been distributed by a news organisation which contains some form of dishonesty, typically to promote a political agenda. Fake news can be broken down into a number of categories, which are:

Outright lie - The news piece contains a claim which is objectively false.

Lying by omission - the deliberate exclusion of information from the news piece which is critical to properly understanding the situation.

Lying by structure - the deliberate positioning of critical information at the end of a news report, resulting in many people not actually hearing the full story.

Selective outrage - deliberately reporting on a event which supports a particular political narrative, while ignoring similar events which would go against the desired narrative.

Emotive appeal - structuring a news piece in such a way as to attempt to emotionally manipulate the audience instead of focusing on the facts of the situation.

Hidden retraction - a news organisation will make a claim which is false, and then correct their original statement in such a way that fewer people will see the correction than saw the original news piece.
"This news channel is fake news, they are always lying and being dishonest!"
Fake news by Phoenix797 June 26, 2018
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fake-tato 

The powdered mashed potatoes you get in a box.
I was running out of food so I decided to whip together my box of fake-tatoes for dinner.
fake-tato by Dr. Craig September 10, 2007

Fake Steeze 

Fake style; when a skateboarder tries too hard to have grace in his/her tricks, forcing something that isn't there.
That skater is so full of fake steeze; he just mob flips everything.
Fake Steeze by HitPop December 17, 2008

fake friend

A retard who never comes up to you or asks you to hang out and says that they are your friend. If your 'Friend" gives you "Advice" while really pointing out your flaws and making fun of you, they are for sure a fake friend. They also always talk about you behind your back and try to make you hated.
Person: I always have to ask someone to hang out or I have to always go up to them to start a conversation
Real friend: They sound like a fake friend, get better friends
fake friend by bhfg6t7h October 25, 2017

fake Forbes tycoon 

A title used to describe a person who inflates their net worth in order to achieve entrepreneur celebrity status.
I guess we all suspected that our US President is a fake Forbes tycoon.
fake Forbes tycoon by Dr Bunnygirl February 28, 2019

fake Constitution

What the 45th POTUS thinks about the US Constitution primarily because he has never read it and therefore thinks it does not exist.
Why don’t you check out that phony Emoluments Clause in the fake Constitution?
fake Constitution by Dr Bunnygirl October 21, 2019
Acting brand new; acting in such a way that depicts a “fake” persona and/or out of character speech or actions
Friend 1: Alberto acting kinda different today, huh?
Friend 2: Don’t mind him, dude’s always been fake af.
Fake af by Bowsettehentai January 27, 2021