Fauxword

A word that is made up for some purpose and used so often, it's actually accepted as part of the vernacular, without much question.

"Come down before Halloween for our SPOOKTACULAR candy sale!"

Spooktacular would be the fauxword

by DanoNYC October 31, 2010

Fast Fauxward

When a reality television show or competition intentionally re-edits footage for a pre-commercial tease that is not really what occurs when the show returns from break.

Often used to maintain viewer interest or tension through the commercial break.

"America's Got Talent implemented a sly use of Fast Fauxward tonight, as its "coming up" package showed clips of the judges coming down hard on a young girl about to cry... but after the break, the judges actually put her through to the next round with nothing negative to say."

by OMGLX July 1, 2009

Fauxward

a) Forwarding an email with a link to a an article or website you haven't vetted, but figure is legit/awesome based on the title.
b) When someone emails you a link to an article or website to seem cool/worldly/well-informed without first reading the article text or site in its entirety.

Friend #1's fauxwarded email: "Hey check out this article, I thought you'd be into this guy's art."

Friend #2's response: "Did you see what he did to that porcupine? Why would I be into this?"

Friend #1's reply: "Oh...sorry?"

by murphybrown83 December 14, 2008

fauxworker (no hyphen)

n. (fōwərkər) One with whom you work who acts as if respect, dignity, and humanity are applicable only unto them. Sociopathic tendencies included/not included on a case-by-case basis.

1. Fauxworker (no hyphen) threw somebody under the bus again. 2. Fauxworker's talking shit about you to HR, man.

by EgaliTwadd September 6, 2015