A person that is trying to appear eclectic in their fashion, social, pop culture, musical or other choices, but in practice has simply adopted a common behavior that serves as an archetype or stereotype of a true eclectic. See as reference most hipsters.
That group of girls with their chokers and peasant skirts riding those bikes to the coffee shop are so faux-clectic.
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"Simon speaks so eloquently and with such great articulation. He wears those weird shirts with elbow patches, too... He seems to be really posh."
"Simon? Posh? Ha! No... He grew up just as poor as we did. He just became faux posh when he got the gig on that YouTube channel."
"Simon? Posh? Ha! No... He grew up just as poor as we did. He just became faux posh when he got the gig on that YouTube channel."
by Bouzsi December 15, 2018
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Hey bro, I just went over to thank that secret squirrel looking dude, with the new Sig MCX rifle, for his service. You know, the guy that was talking about Mogadishu all morning. He stuttered a bit, then told me, “he had shin splints in ROTC and he couldn’t enlist.” That dude’s not a SEAL, he’s a Faux Operator; I’m gonna steal his $700.00 Aimpount and piss in his canteen later.
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Usually involves inverting the position of the structural (future-to-past) truth and the formalistic (past-to-future) truth; and then conflating the formalistic truth with the structural truth.
Ie. the formalistic truth becomes the structural truth.
The semantic.
Usually involves inverting the position of the structural (future-to-past) truth and the formalistic (past-to-future) truth; and then conflating the formalistic truth with the structural truth.
Ie. the formalistic truth becomes the structural truth.
The semantic.
A faux-inverse juxtaposes both inversion and conflation.
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Faux Sleek is where an object gives off the appearance of being capable of high quality performance, however this is just a visual appearance. The object's performance does not match it's design.
Faux Sleek is where an object gives off the appearance of being capable of high quality performance, however this is just a visual appearance. The object's performance does not match it's design.
*A slender redesigned train arrives at the station in Brisbane
Person 1: Check out the shape of that train. I bet it moves super fast!
Person 2: Nah dude, that's faux sleek.
Person 1: Check out the shape of that train. I bet it moves super fast!
Person 2: Nah dude, that's faux sleek.
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