Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Artificial; fake: faux pearls.
Wiktionary
- adj. Fake or artificial
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See fauces.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Etymologies
- From French faux. (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French fals; see false. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Recently Mark Zuckerberg (the founder of Facebook) stated that this year Facebook would have one billion participants -- most of whom spend endless daily hours enlisting the membership of what I label "faux friends"(FFs).”
The Huffington Post: Jill Lynne: Life Is Not a Popularity Contest!
“Our definitions of civility obviously differ greatly, probably when it comes down to what I call faux civility.”
“The politicians are also adept at what I call faux reform.”
“Papa John: A Music Legend’s Shattering Journey Through Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll was a brick of a book with the title faux spray-painted on the jacket in neon colors.”
“Maybe if you want to engage in faux-logical takedowns you should, you know, brush up on your logic? southpaw Says:”
“After one gruesome Sunday when the diocese brought in faux-congregations to each parish, an interim court ruling in February 2008 gave the ANiC parishioners full use of their buildings.”
The Diocese of Niagara: Rev. Susan Wells and the art of victimhood « Anglican Samizdat
“Yo man I'm a loyal MSNBC follower and I'll challenge ya to a duel of intelligence but your obviously unarmed ... keep watchin faux news buddy!”
Republicans raising cash to counter-program ABC Obama special
“On Wednesday I told you about my very * spéciale* family ... and a certain faux amis that was rendering them insane ... en tout cas* to the French.”
“Thanks for telling a friend about the French Word-A-Day blog and newsletter (a sign-up form can be found here). in faux amis | Permalink”
“The close second being how a large shareholder of faux is a Muslim.”
Think Progress » CBO estimates that stimulus package has employed up to 2.1 million workers.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘faux’.
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Impressionism
Words that describe the art of the impressionist era.
seascapes, landscapes, modern, impression, impressionist, contemporary, flicker, sensation, modernity, perceived, perceiving, momentary and 142 more...
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scrabble j q x z 4 and 5 letter words
revising for a competition 30 games
in 24 hours
5-Letter words with J, X, Q or Z
J
X
ADDAX ADMIX AFFIX ANNEX ATAXY AUXIN AXELS AXIAL AXILE AXILS A...azan, azon, boxy, brux, buzz, calx, chez, coax, coxa, cozy, crux, czar and 152 more...
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ze list
favorites, of all sorts
obscure, pretentious, debacle, vintage, ostentatious, damsel, plethora, requiem, memoir, loathe, lackadaisical, misanthropic and 82 more...
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Isabel's list
intrepid, faux, benevolent, quantifiability, disposition, quantum, tremulous, cupcake, fantasia, ailurophobia, somnambulist
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Loan words from French
gite, coq au vin, dernier cri, clique, hors d'œuvre, touché, naïve, coquette, bourgeois, contretemps, flâneur, film noir and 63 more...
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English with Tongue
French words and phrases used by English speakers.
objet d'art, nom de plume, petite, bon voyage, avant-garde, faux pas, faux, touché, répondez, s'il vo..., rouge, papier mâché, joie de vivre and 85 more...
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Beautiful words
Self-explanatory.
plural, melancholy, mother, euphemism, plea, violin, chaos, chasm, soliloquy, air, listen, liopleurodon and 23 more...
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X Marks the Spot
Words ending in "x" (except proper nouns and trademarks)
ax, ex, ox, soapbox, smallpox, six, sex, sax, rex, pressbox, climax, chickenpox and 208 more...
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Really Cool Four-Letter Words
I marvel at the amazing variety of four-letter words in the English language. And that's not even counting really common (to me) words like fuck.
ibis, pelf, sofa, iota, oboe, lava, icon, sped, puha, pulp, puma, kyat and 150 more...
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Life is just a four-letter word
Everyone's got their favorites. Here are some of mine.
snit, hobo, minx, kiln, loll, pelf, yegg, ugly, bumf, brio, biro, haha and 92 more...
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List Erine
cool mint antiseptic
shalom, cattywampus, bourgeoisie, aerophile, traverse, grotto, epicurean, ex cathedra, nautilus, epitaph, lathe, continuum and 753 more...
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Not Quite The Real Thang
masquerade, sham, counterfeit, shyster, phoney, bogus, pseudo, artificial, fabricated, mock, concocted, false and 158 more...
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Willieb's Words
pusillanimous, exigible, extraneous, contemptible, banal, generic, secular, canard, acerbic, erudite, versus, atheist and 192 more...
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Words to have topped the "most wordie...
confelicity, bristol stool scale, blatteroon, toejam, serendipity, oubliette, crepuscular, honeysuckle, mellifluous, sesquipedalian, flaberkin, magnanimous and 141 more...
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MsHalston's Words
theoretically, insufferable, apolitico, milquetoast, egregious, aplomb, elan, fraught, flummox, befrocked, moll, molten and 605 more...
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"Words, words, words."
abase, abject, abstruse, adjutant, altercation, altruistic, angst, anodyne, anomie, ape, apprehensive, aquiline and 310 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for faux.

yarb I think it's still just about within 7 days, bilby. It seems that a load of (perhaps related) newbies added certain words this week. Jan 11, 2009
bilby In fact there are six 'most wordied' currently in double figures. Is it still in the 'last seven days' or has the time period been extended? Jan 11, 2009
dontcry HARRRRRRRRRR! Jan 8, 2009
yarb Now we're up to 17. Is wordie achieving critical mass? Or is it all a fauxnomenon? Jan 8, 2009
yarb Astounding!
Look at poor benevolent, currently with 10 listings - at any other time it would have made the top spot. Jan 7, 2009
sionnach
15 now, yarb. I added it just for you. Now I'm going to have to delete something to get back to my pleasing 14K total. Jan 7, 2009
yarb Listed 12 times in the last seven days, which is the most I can remember seeing in my time monitoring the "most wordied" list.
Edit: 14! Jan 6, 2009