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(Prnounced Foe-Boe)
When a guy sits down and his pants arch up in a way that creates a fake boner.
John: what the hell mike? whats in your pants?
Mike: Dude, chill. Its just a Faux-Bo
Faux-Bo by yolosaynono June 16, 2015
A person that pretends/poses as a hobo while begging for money on a street corner.
That faux-bo on the corner is such a scammer!
faux-bo by StacyKirby January 14, 2011
Short for faux ho-bo it is the style where it takes 5 hours and 400 dollars worth of clothes and accessories to look like you're poor and just rolled out of bed.
She washed, blow dried and straightened her hair only to throw it up in a messy ponytail, so faux-bo.
Faux-bo by Jordan October 7, 2004
Shortened form of "faux hobo"
A person who engages in part-time train hopping to experience the thrill of living the "underground" hobo life.

Such a person visits the underground pretending to live there.
A bunch of faux-bos were already in the boxcar, but they didn't know enough to bring sleeping bags.
faux-bo by Richard Walker February 11, 2008
Someone who has the appearance of a hobo, but on closer inspection exhibits something that disproves the theory. i.e., expensive clothes, cleanliness, manicure...
1:OMG look at the guy on the corner! Let's give him some money!!
2:Look at his jacket, it's totally Armani! That guy is a faux-bo.
Faux-bo by amanthat March 8, 2009
A parody of Bo-Ho.. Millennials acting like bohemian hippies at festivals but returning to their reckless consumerism in day-to-day life.
bo faux by tommydog November 11, 2018