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Regarding one's own behavior or oneself as "awesome" when in fact the behavior is misguided, or embarrassing, or one is really living a thinly-veiled life of mediocrity and fear.
The hipster was convinced that he was completely awesome, but those around him knew he was fauxsome, with no real ideas or action to back him up.
Fauxsome by SnarkGirl January 12, 2012
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Fauxdolences 

False condolences; condolences offered by one swept away by others offering condolences without truly knowing the tragedy; condolences offered in ridicule.
"My condolences on the loss of your cupcake"
"Shut up with your fauxdolences, you ate it!"

"Fauxdolences on your loss of the Peterman account. I understand you fell asleep during the meeting?"
"Yeah, I was up all night Kirlinbooking."
"Tough break, now I get a go at it."
Fauxdolences by ericasisland February 18, 2013
A person that acts like an asshole when around certain people but is really too nice to be one. A "fake asshole."
In front of people he doesn't know, Bob acts like an asshole but he's really just a fauxhole when it's just the two of us.
fauxhole by kmccabe73 January 9, 2008
When something is deemed terribly and irrefutably wrong or unbecoming.
Rog bragged to everyone about how he was going to jump out of the plane, but he pissed his pants and chickened out at the last minute. He was so fauxsome.

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
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Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
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