faux

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There is not a whole lot of additional information, but you will notice that the two screen shots in the image are indeed semi-cropped, similar to FUNimation's "faux" - remastered boxsets.

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  • And faux-nostalgia works even in serious subjects like war. —  Bruce McCall's faux nostalgia
  • It's probably closer to the truth to say that Shepherd is Gretchen Wilson if Gretchen Wilson could sing and wasn't so proud of herself for her faux-militance and camouflage bikinis. —  jane dark's sugarhigh!
  • I haven't seen, for example, any info sent out in case of, say a gas well explosion or a faux-clean coal disaster, or if the local restaurant has a health emergency. —  Somervell County Salon
  • It's like the entire towel industry has become obsessed with some kind of faux-silk material that's incredibly soft to the touch but completely fails to absorb water! —  Ask MetaFilter
  • Said Beth Robinson, spokesman for the faux-marriage activist group "Vermont Freedom to Marry," "We know we've got more work to do in the run-up to the override vote." —  The New American
 

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  1. French, from Old French fals; see false.
 

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