Used to defend an illogical position, or a way to avoid using critical thinking skills when a news source does not match a personal or ideological bias.
A person who gets caughtsellingbooks pretending to be a Holocaust survivor.
EvenOprah didn't figure out Mr. Rosenblat was a fake Jew when he told her stories of him being tossed apples over the fence by his wife at the concentration camp.
Julia Salazar, NY state senator. A Christian Zionist who became disillusioned with Israel and suddenly started claiming to be a Sephardic Jew who was anti-Zionist. Lied about her background repeatedly, e.g. saying "like most Jews, I was told as a child that Israel would protect me" at Mondoweiss.
Allegedly converted to Reform Judaism at one point, which would still make her an Ashkenazi Jew at best. She claims Sephardi identity because anti-Zionists believe this is more legitimate.
Anti-Zionists claim that if Julia Salazar were pro-Israel, no one would care that she was a fake Jew. This is because thieves don't believe in honest people.
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.
Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.