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.
Friend 2: Don’t mind him, dude’s always been fake af.
by Bowsettehentai January 27, 2021

Someone Who Begs And Is Desperate For Attention. That They Resort To Faking Depression To Their Friends, And On Social Media
My Friend Web Just Posted That He Has Depression
Probably Faking It Like The Jobber He Is
OH yeah! I Forgot! That He Is Always Faking Depression! Haha!
Probably Faking It Like The Jobber He Is
OH yeah! I Forgot! That He Is Always Faking Depression! Haha!
by Hollywood Hooligah July 22, 2018

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
Real friend: They sound like a fake friend, get better friends
by bhfg6t7h October 25, 2017

Fake style; when a skateboarder tries too hard to have grace in his/her tricks, forcing something that isn't there.
by HitPop December 17, 2008

by @Kazuto#5284 November 11, 2019

A label commonly given by elitists to bands that define themselves as a metal subgenre they believe is the catalyst of the downfall of heavy metal.
Elitists, or bullies who diss a band they don't like by using the term, can label metalcore (ex: Attack Attack!, Bring Me the Horizon), glam metal (Kiss, Mötley Crüe), nu metal (Korn, the early works of Deftones), alternative metal (the current works of Deftones, Egypt Central), and some hard rock bands—even though they tend to get mislabeled as that—as fake metal.
It's gotten to a point where people have even tried to say that the only true genre is the one that came from psychedelic, acid, and blues rock, common example for that being Black Sabbath, who also paved the way for doom metal by merging metal with classical and more blues (props to them), and that all these subgenres (thrash for example) are just profit-driven fucks. I think.
Regardless, it's a commonly used term, and there may be a holy war ongoing.
I'm trying to be as neutral as I can for defining this label, so I do apologize if any bias appears.
Elitists, or bullies who diss a band they don't like by using the term, can label metalcore (ex: Attack Attack!, Bring Me the Horizon), glam metal (Kiss, Mötley Crüe), nu metal (Korn, the early works of Deftones), alternative metal (the current works of Deftones, Egypt Central), and some hard rock bands—even though they tend to get mislabeled as that—as fake metal.
It's gotten to a point where people have even tried to say that the only true genre is the one that came from psychedelic, acid, and blues rock, common example for that being Black Sabbath, who also paved the way for doom metal by merging metal with classical and more blues (props to them), and that all these subgenres (thrash for example) are just profit-driven fucks. I think.
Regardless, it's a commonly used term, and there may be a holy war ongoing.
I'm trying to be as neutral as I can for defining this label, so I do apologize if any bias appears.
Elitist: Nu metal is not real metal, you've been brainwashed by the fucking fake metal! Go listen to Carcass, Death, or even Nile!
"Fake" Metalhead: All that stuff is way too amazingly talented for me. I think I'm gonna go listen to Slipknot now.
Me: Who the hell are these people?!
My friend: Welcome to today's society…also known as the fifth circle of Hell.
Me: I'm just gonna…walk away…and listen to whatever the hell I have in my library…
So I did. And the elitist and the metalhead continued arguing. Christ.
"Fake" Metalhead: All that stuff is way too amazingly talented for me. I think I'm gonna go listen to Slipknot now.
Me: Who the hell are these people?!
My friend: Welcome to today's society…also known as the fifth circle of Hell.
Me: I'm just gonna…walk away…and listen to whatever the hell I have in my library…
So I did. And the elitist and the metalhead continued arguing. Christ.
by 7568ino September 23, 2023

A term used by those who know beforehand that they don’t stand a chance to pass their math test or exam unless they resort to lying, cheating, or bribery—they often blame the teacher for bias against them, practicing unfair grading, or setting unrealistic or artificial questions that are confusing and open to different interpretations.
Guesstimate how many Trumpublican students in red states every year would scapegoat fake math for their failure to get a passing grade in their middle- or high-school math paper rather than putting in the time and effort to master the math concepts.
by MathPlus September 14, 2021
