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."
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?"
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.
A small piece of information. Derived from the word ken, used often in the scottish language and is synonymous with knowledge.
Person 1: "Hey I don't get this shit. How do you solve this problem?"
Person 2: "I got that one. Give me some kenlets on this assignment and I'll help you w/ that one."
a word of expression to when you give up on comprehending someone's words of ignorance, stupidity, absurdity or are too exhausted to formulate a proper response.
Commonly seen in TikTok comment sections in replies to lazy attempts at humor, overconfidentally incorrect statement, or an over-the-top comment or when someone completely misses the mark on something.
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The IncredibleMachine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.