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fakeclaim

fakeclaim verb: to call out (a person) on social media for allegedly faking a disorder.

Verb

fakeclaim (third-person singular simple present fakeclaims, present participle fakeclaiming, simple past and past participle fakeclaimed)

  1. (Internet, neologism, transitive) To call out (a person) on social media for allegedly faking a disorder.
    • People are quick to respond to these videos, turning to Reddit and YouTube to “fakeclaim” – call out – those that they believe are faking disorders online.2022, Natalie Foos, “Faking Health Disorders Online”, in Parent Zone, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022
    • I am constantly scared to text my friends while I front because a lot people were telling me that fictives especially from dsmp/genshin aren't valid. That makes me genuinely sad, I am afraid to receive any form of hate from my friends or even get fakeclaimed. :(2022 June 23, lm2t, “Fictives Get So Much Hate”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022

Forms of fakeclaim

third-person singular presentfakeclaims
present participlefakeclaiming
past participlefakeclaimed
pastfakeclaimed

Origin of fakeclaim

From fake + claim.

Questions about fakeclaim

What does fakeclaim mean?
Fakeclaim means to call out (a person) on social media for allegedly faking a disorder.
What part of speech is fakeclaim?
Fakeclaim is a verb.
What is the past tense of fakeclaim?
The past tense of fakeclaim is fakeclaimed.

Words near fakeclaim in the dictionary

  1. fakebit
  2. fakebook
  3. fakebooks
  4. fakecel
  5. fakecels
  6. fakeclaim
  7. fakeclaimed
  8. fakeclaimer
  9. fakeclaimers
  10. fakeclaiming
  11. fakeclaims

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