1. A person who exploits their private life in order to gain notoriety in the public eye.
2. Someone who gives little or no thought to the meaning or consequences of their public behavior in relation to impressionable minds that observe them.
3. Contributes nothing creative or meaningful to the public domain, yet is held in esteem with those that have/do.
(unless you consider sex tapes creative and meaningful)
A knock off or fake of a really expensive, often fashion related, item sold for "one hell of a deal". Derived from the watch, Rolex, being a famous 'knocked off' item. Usually purchased from a street vendor, out of the back of a van or in another questionable transaction. And usually of poor quality.
"Check out the watch I got from this guy on eBay! A Rolex... for $50!"
"Dude... that's a Faux-lex. The '5' is upsidedown."
Falsely claiming to be of a lower socio-economic or working class in order to appear humble, hide true wealth, dodge responsibility, or deflect criticism about an easy life.
Portmanteau of 'faux' and 'proletarian' - fauxletariat can be used for a collection of fauxletarians.
He is such a fauxletarian! He makes 90k a year at an easy corporate job, but rages against the machine and goes on and on about his working class credentials.
She likes to tell everyone she is a starving student, but sends her mother's maid to the thrift store for 'real' clothes. Fauxletarian!