FauxCD

Replacing on the colloquialization of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, this word is what the average person experiences over slight irrational nuisances. OCD is a serious diagnosed disorder, while FauxCD is an explanation for everyday quirks.

"Ugh, I hate it when the T.V. volume is at 17, please change it: my FauxCD is killing me"

by Belligerent Typing November 20, 2013

FauxCD

When a person has OCD tenancies about certain things. Often with organisation of books and DVDs on a shelf, or where things are placed.

Dude, seriously, Matt has a serious case of FauxCD! Last week he castrated me because I put his mug on the wrong hook in his kitchen!

by LaVillaStrangiato July 30, 2011

fauxcation

(n.) A vacation that is neither restful nor restorative. Frequently occurs during holiday trips when either work or family obligations affect one's ability to relax.

After our dog ate our host's couch, we were on fauxcation.

My mother's endless nagging turned our beach trip into fauxcation.

by The_Joneses September 28, 2008

Fauxcinating

Falsely fascinating or interesting. To fake fascination or interest in something.

So I went on this date and all he could do was talk about himself. He was so self-centered that he couldn't pick-up on the fact I was fauxcinating the whole time.
After listening to their story for 20 minutes about how great their trip to Fuddruckers was, I told them their story was so fauxcinating.

by illinfox October 14, 2010

Fauxcial Media

Contrived, inauthentic or misleading use of social media resources such as online communities, blogs, Twitter profiles, Wikipedia entries, Facebook pages, etc. to manipulate or to create a false or misleading perception of a company, organization, candidate or cause.

Fauxcial Media is the "Web 2.0" equivalent of atroturfing i.e., the creation of fake grassroots campaigns in PR/Public Relations.

WHAT CONSTITUTES FAUXCIAL MEDIA:

• Businesses pretending to be bloggers.
• Businesses pretending to be journalists.
• Businesses pretending to be “Joe Blow” in order to flog their products in blog comments.

(Bullet points courtesy of marketingexperimentsblog.com)

EXAMPLES OF FAUXCIAL MEDIA:

- Cisco's Human Network - wrote all Cisco-related Wikipedia entries; had vloggers try to write about the Human Network. Got themselves to #2 in Google organic search

- Whole Foods CEO John Mackey used an alias to ding detractors on forums

- "Wal-Marting Across America" used a real journalist and real photographer, but set them up as simply Wal-Mart fans, traveling across America, parking their RV at Wal-Mart parking lots.

(Examples courtesy of Scott Monty - http://www.scottmonty.com/2008/03/suxorz-worst-social-media-of-2007.html)

by Michael J. Russell January 12, 2009

fauxcialite

fake socialite. not to be confused with socialite this person is known to be a part of fashionable high society because of his or her regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained, normally socialites posses considerable wealth, but in all actuality they are poor, low to no class people that who have friends in high places.

socialite: did you hear that tiffany isnt actually rich she's been faking this whole time.
maid: so she's a fauxcialite.
socialite: exactly now fetch me something to drink, consuela.

by mcbillions May 4, 2009

Faux CD

A term used to describe the state of a normal person who falsely claims to have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Bro #1: Oh my god, I have such a bad case of OCD. Whenever I see a crunchy-looking leaf, I have to step on it.

Bro #2: Nah, that's bullshit, you've got faux CD.

by Actom360 August 18, 2014