pretense 

fake;false;words spoken or evidence shown thats not true.

"I went to church under pretense."

pretense by AbigailNoelle November 28, 2007

pretense 

"pretense" - (v) when you pretend, and make others tense!

- (n) a person who displays a false image in order

to impress another, especially for personal

gain.

"Margret is such a pretense-- like she's really met Justin Bieber!

"Get that frickin' pretense outta here-- NOW!"

pretense by Juan O'Malley August 20, 2011

false pretense 

In law, it means making untrue statements for the purpose of obtaining money or property. It is a form of theft.

But it could also be a false representation of fact or circumstance; misleading; lying.

Disney should be charged with false pretense for making little boys and girls believe that life always has a happy ending, for making boys and girls believe that a bully will always get what they deserve, and for making little girls believe that there is a prince charming out there waiting to sweep them off their feet. This misrepresentation of life that Disney gives leads to their money gain.

false pretense by katie was here August 4, 2007

Pale Pretense 

When a Caucasian person rushes to deem as something racist on behalf of an African American, and by doing so actually perpetuates a racial stereotype.

For example, a comical T-Shirt on sale by Amazon depicting a Tarot Card called “The Tower” (of Pancakes”) with a description of “Black Women’s T-Shirt,” isn’t great grammar, but when the shirt is black in color, it isn’t implying black women fatty up on pancakes or are Voodoo-practicing fortune tellers.

You’ve got it all wrong; it’s just poorly worded and your executing your pale pretense.

Pale Pretense by MrsFancyPants September 15, 2019

Illusions of Pretense 

The return volley of "Delusions of Adequacy", referring to elitist assumptions that any viable corpus of art, logic, or science generated from outside their circle is therefore inherently meritless.

Any brain trust that harbors such Illusions of Pretense about Tinker is doing him a favor not signing him.

Illusions of Pretense by Zappin' Nap July 26, 2024

pretension of hipsters 

Like an ostentation of peacocks, a murder of crows, or a parliament of owls, a pretension of hipsters is a simple and elegant term for a grouping of one of the more annoying self-referential and self-satisfied demographics in the history of demographics. Pretensions of hipsters can be found combing through old record stores in search of vinyl, hitting cool overpriced urban thrift stores, hanging for hours at local coffee shops, and, either performing in, or standing in line to listen to, a band of other hipsters with unfortunate facial hair, playing quasi-folky/blue grass inspired, unidentifiable something or other. There will be a banjo player.

Although pretensions of hipsters set up residence in cool and edgy neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and San Francisco's Mission District, where they can be spotted unabashedly overstating their cultural significance, they will have most likely arrived, trust funds in tow, during the second or third wave of gentrification, well after the hard-core artists have done the difficult work of staking out a claim in a relatively inexpensive if shady neighborhood, with no coffee shops, just delis and bodegas, with burnt coffee to go.

"Look honey, a pretension of hipsters just arrived in our neighborhood."
"Glad I didn't throw out my stove pipe hat."

pretension of hipsters by AngWS0522 April 30, 2014

pretensible 

The ability to pretend to be sensible.

Alan managed to become pretensible after administering normalisation before going to work on Sunday afternoon.

pretensible by Alan Rodwee May 12, 2007