noun: a fake or false fart
verb: pretending to fart by making loud, fart-like sounds by various methods including but not limited to mouths and/or hands, arms, or armpits.
Three guys at a party, standing in the hallway. One goes in the bathroom and soon really loud fart-like sounds begin.
First guy looks at the second and says, "oh dude, he's..."
Second guy interrupts, "No man, fartificial."
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Kate was so embarrassed when her Mom came to visit and Brad thought it'd be funny to go in the bathroom and fartificial.
In business (mostly ineffectual meetings), the ability to use high-tech buzzwords and industry acronyms as a smokescreen for lack of certainty and/or subject matter expertise.
When asked how the NFT and VR initiatives would affect MQLs, the marketing director displayed fartificial intelligence by quickly pivoting to the lack of efficiencies and cross-functional support for longer-term, mission-driven ROI efforts that promote sustainability and increase engagement across the global ecosystem.
Refers to where one or more individuals intentionally direct their butt-trumpets in a certain direction to ward off undesirables. Extra points if a whole crowd of people “combine forces” by forming a barrier-line and all bending over and “collectively letting fly” to further encourage said undesirable(s) to keep their distance.
Mass-fartification can indeed be a highly-effective means of preventing less-than-savory individuals from “crossing the line of fire”; the only usual problems would be if the unwelcome person either doesn’t have a good sense of smell, can hold his breath for extended periods, or thought to bring along a damp rag to tie over his nose.