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fake it till you make it

faking confidence or happiness until you've reached or attained it; displaying what you want to be until you become it
I'm very uncomfortable in my skin, but act confident around everyone. Gotta fake it till you make it!

fake it till you make it

1) Pretending to be something you are not, in hopes of fitting in, joining a group, or getting a job. ie: depicting wealth by wearing expensive clothes, shoes, handbags or driving fancy cars. Pretentious.

2) Using high vocab words so you can appear smart, in attempt to trick people into thinking you are educated..
Friend: "How do you expect to fit in with your boyfriends rich educated friends when you have a 10th grade education and make $5 an hour at WalMart".

Girl: "I've been reading the Dictionary to increase my vocabulary, bought some new designer clothes, a Louie Vuitton bag. You know, fake it till you make it!"

fake it till you make it

To fake excitement about a task or project. Usually used in military slang.
"Man we gotta give a tour to the general and act like we like it. guess we gotta fake it till you make it."
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026