A pretentious twat who thinks that being an intellectual consists of using big, obscure words in every sentence regardless of whether or not the word suits the context or is even needed in the first place, thinks knowing and bringing up random trivia about advanced math or science makes them smarter than everyone else, fancies themselves a philosopher (despite actually understanding jackshit about philosophy but thinks knowing who Descartes and Rousseau are makes them sooooo smart), never hesitates to bring up their IQ and degrees and are generally extremely condescending and unpleasant to be around. They attribute their lack of a social life to a scarcity of people in their intellectual range, but the truth is that nobody can fucking stand them because they're so full of shit. They're not actually all that smart, they just behave like a parody of a smart person. True intellectuals are humble and amiable and most importantly, don't pretend to know everything.
If you've been fortunate enough to never encounter a fauxlectual in real life, you can see a myriad of examples on r/iamverysmart.
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Someone who pretends to be working class, despite owning their own house, having attended a private school or having a middle class job. A broader version of Mockney.
A:Piers told me that he was proud to be a working class hero.
B: But he went to public school. He's so fauxlitarian
B: But he went to public school. He's so fauxlitarian
by Cedric45 February 17, 2009
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1. presenting something/one's self as pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
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3. a purported member of the proletariat.
1. presenting something/one's self as pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
–noun
3. a purported member of the proletariat.
by aejae April 28, 2010
Get the fauxletarian mug.When a company needs to get a financial statement audit of its records for a bank or its shareholders but doesn't really want to pay the full price or is afraid there may be material errors in its financial statements. A Fauxdit is normally performed by a small-medium public accounting firm that doesn't know what it's doing.
CEO: Our bank requires that we get an audit done to make sure we actually made $200 million last year. I'm afraid they might actually find something when they go digging, and we don't need another expense to worry about this year.
CFO: Well, we could get a fauxdit done. They'll sit in a side room, charge next to nothing, and they'll probably be content just seeing that our internal spreadsheets tie to themselves and to the financial statements. I'm virtually certain they won't even notice that our balance sheet doesn't balance. It will also cost way less than an audit and we will get the same report.
CEO: Good. Hopefully the bank doesn't notice.
CFO: Well, we could get a fauxdit done. They'll sit in a side room, charge next to nothing, and they'll probably be content just seeing that our internal spreadsheets tie to themselves and to the financial statements. I'm virtually certain they won't even notice that our balance sheet doesn't balance. It will also cost way less than an audit and we will get the same report.
CEO: Good. Hopefully the bank doesn't notice.
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Get the Fauxdit mug.Pronounced FOday. Combination of Faux Friday. The Thursday before a Friday that you have off from work or school that feels like Friday to you.
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