Smolett

(verb) The act of crafting an elaborate lie or hoax in an effort to maintain a false narrative that supports one's supposed oppressed status and thereby secures social capital (i.e. sympathy, compensation, a social media following, ratings, etcetera) and/or denigrates one's supposed oppressor.

The boy who cried wolf smoletted one too many times, so the wolf ate him.

by Shinnannegans February 20, 2019