The claim of some kind of oppression or other adverse condition being inflicted against the claimant personally or to a group/faith to which the claimant belongs to that is obviously hyperbolic or at least certainly exaggerated in terms of severity.
Generally Ted's libertarian beliefs seemed to have merit until he went fully down the fauxpression road by claiming that taxes literally made him a slave.
by Spelunkin Magazine February 28, 2014
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Pretense of victimhood or oppression in order to win undeserved sympathy and notice.
That Occupy Wall Street protester standing over there holding a Starbucks coffee and talking on his cell phone is sure fauxpressed.
by Red Jack December 2, 2011
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