an individual who will outwardly express that they exhibit anything form introversion, shyness, lack of confidence. Or any other number of traits which on paper seem negative but by modern standards have become fashionable attributes,
If you claim to be an introvert and are alone. It’s socially accepted, if you’re an extravert and you’re alone: you’re a failure. Same goes with lack of confidence, as stating this makes you seem humble and that you require assistance. So that when you act normal, it becomes something praise worthy. These people often will believe themselves to be telling the truth due to an inability to be honest with themselves, or in the cases of certain more predatory characters: it may be a conscious strategy to garner sympathy.
Etymology:
the term takes the Latin phrase 'faux' meaning false. and combines it with 'vert' which is latin for 'turn'. The word fits within the paradigm of introvert and extravert. meaning respectively 'inwards turn' and 'outwards turn'. So the 'fauxvert' would mean 'false turn'.
If you claim to be an introvert and are alone. It’s socially accepted, if you’re an extravert and you’re alone: you’re a failure. Same goes with lack of confidence, as stating this makes you seem humble and that you require assistance. So that when you act normal, it becomes something praise worthy. These people often will believe themselves to be telling the truth due to an inability to be honest with themselves, or in the cases of certain more predatory characters: it may be a conscious strategy to garner sympathy.
Etymology:
the term takes the Latin phrase 'faux' meaning false. and combines it with 'vert' which is latin for 'turn'. The word fits within the paradigm of introvert and extravert. meaning respectively 'inwards turn' and 'outwards turn'. So the 'fauxvert' would mean 'false turn'.
Lucy told me she was a shy introvert, but she's been partying 5 nights a week for weeks and had a debate with the tutor in front of the whole class yesterday. She seems like more of a fauxvert.
by Javier Juniper February 23, 2022
Get the Fauxvert mug.Fauxpertise is fake expertise that a person thinks they have or pretends to have. It comes from the assumption that because they are an expert in one area, they must be an expert in something else, when they clearly aren't.
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Example:
For example, let's say someone you know really likes to play board games. We'll call him Ricky. He's as close to an expert board game player as you can imagine.
Another friend - Ruth - has an idea for a boardgame and she's been working to develop it and launch it for nearly a year. She's been thru over half a dozen major design revisions, has done direct market research, been to the major tradeshow for games, has over a thousand combined hours in game testing and has talked with a few distributors. She's personally invested over $100K in direct costs in creating her game. She's become extremely knowledgable.
Ruth has a refined V1 prototype and is working on getting it manufactured and distributed.
You, Ricky and Ruth are at a party. Ruth is talking about where she is in her startup. Ricky has just learned about her game, has never played it and does not have professional experience in the gaming industry - he likes to play boardgames and is very good at that.
After listening to Ruth talk about her progress for about 30 seconds Ricky states confidently "that's not a good idea - wholesale distributors won't carry women's games".
Includes: fauxpertising, fauxpertised, fauxspert
Example:
For example, let's say someone you know really likes to play board games. We'll call him Ricky. He's as close to an expert board game player as you can imagine.
Another friend - Ruth - has an idea for a boardgame and she's been working to develop it and launch it for nearly a year. She's been thru over half a dozen major design revisions, has done direct market research, been to the major tradeshow for games, has over a thousand combined hours in game testing and has talked with a few distributors. She's personally invested over $100K in direct costs in creating her game. She's become extremely knowledgable.
Ruth has a refined V1 prototype and is working on getting it manufactured and distributed.
You, Ricky and Ruth are at a party. Ruth is talking about where she is in her startup. Ricky has just learned about her game, has never played it and does not have professional experience in the gaming industry - he likes to play boardgames and is very good at that.
After listening to Ruth talk about her progress for about 30 seconds Ricky states confidently "that's not a good idea - wholesale distributors won't carry women's games".
He knew a lot about water skiing which was a springboard for his fauxpertise in yacht manufacturing.
He fauxpertised his way through seven failed startups.
He thinks that if he yells louder nobody will realize he's a fauxspert.
That entire company is built on fauxpertising.
He fauxpertised his way through seven failed startups.
He thinks that if he yells louder nobody will realize he's a fauxspert.
That entire company is built on fauxpertising.
by FauxyOne October 31, 2014
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Describes that co-worker who works obscene amounts of overtime, not for the necessity of actually getting his or her work done, but for the purpose of padding their paycheck and simultaneously avoiding their otherwise miserable home life.
"Wow, Stacey's work load must be really heavy right now, she has been here since zero dark thirty this morning!" "No, she's just working fauxvertime because she hates her life and is generally just a miserable person."
by fauxreal May 7, 2015
Get the fauxvertime mug.A “fauxverdose” occurs when someone sees fentanyl, panics, and faints. Symptoms often include rapid breathing, heart palpitations, and dilated pupils—none of which is consistent with opioid toxicity.
Fauxverdoses involving police are regularly misreported in the media as actual opiate overdoses. This leads the public to misunderstand the very real dangers posed by fentanyl and its analogs.
Fauxverdose is a portmanteau word derived from “faux,” meaning “not real or genuine” and “overdose.”
Fauxverdoses involving police are regularly misreported in the media as actual opiate overdoses. This leads the public to misunderstand the very real dangers posed by fentanyl and its analogs.
Fauxverdose is a portmanteau word derived from “faux,” meaning “not real or genuine” and “overdose.”
“Dude, NBC News reported that a Florida cop OD’d during a vehicle search just by getting near the stuff!”
“Naw, I watched the body cam footage with Dr. Smith—she says the cop just panicked and had a fauxverdose.”
“Naw, I watched the body cam footage with Dr. Smith—she says the cop just panicked and had a fauxverdose.”
by EMT-JD May 17, 2023
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by Stan-The-Man April 1, 2015
Get the fauxver-reaction mug.When you have 99 problems but 86 of them are completely made up scenarios in your head that you are stressing over for no logical reason what so ever.
by Princeb10 July 13, 2014
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The Highline in New York City is a great place to hang, it's open and airy, and really fauxvergrown so you feel like you are in the country.
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