Fauxmous

Adj. 1. Famous due to something that does not require actual talent.
2. Not famous outside a very small social circle.
3. Thinking oneself a larger celebrity than one actually is.

Why was that reality star walking around in huge sunglasses and a baseball hat? She's fauxmous, no one even recognized her.

by ElleKay February 03, 2009

fauxmous

(Fo-Muss) Someone who everyone knows is famous, but no one really knows why. Especially any participant on reality television, child of someone who has actually earner their fame, or professional party goer.

I always see Kim Kardashian on Page Six, but she has never done anything. She is so fauxmous.

by NormanV December 28, 2007