fauxcetious

1) Insincerely treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; ironic flippancy.

2) Being facetious with a smug sense of irony.

It's meta.

Everybody thought Bob was being facetious when he said that he wanted to commit genocide, but he was actually being fauxcetious.

by [zero]Sum August 7, 2011

facetious

Treating serious issues or situations with deliberately inappropriate and/or offensive humour. This is often referred to as dark humour.

Johny bought his war veteran uncle Dan a pair of fancy socks for his birthday, which would not have been facetious if Dan still had his legs.

by Who ate all the cheese May 16, 2018

facetious

To make an attempt at being funny, while being sarcastic at the same time.

Jacky was being facetious when she said, "Yes, let's all go to Iraq for my birthday party!"

by Nikki P. September 6, 2004

facetious

Along with abstemious, facetious is one of two words in the English language containing all five vowels in alphabetical order.

by gork March 26, 2003

Facetious

The act of being filipant in a serious situation

At miss heath's funeral mr Powell made a facetious joke about her death

by Matthew matterson June 7, 2016

facetiousism

1. The act of being facetious
2. A really hard word to say

"Carys, I really don't appreciate your fashesuhsism, I mean, facetiousism right now."

by nihilisticexistentialism September 11, 2011

fauxtentious

buying & wearing knock off merchandise in an extravagent outward show, trying to appear "better" than you are to others.

What a fauxtentious bitch, in her knock off shoes and fake ass Chanel bag. She's just as broke as me!!

by matlock503 April 26, 2010