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fakeship

fakeship noun: a disingenuous, fraudulent, or artificial relationship.

Noun

fakeship (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A disingenuous, fraudulent, or artificial relationship.
    • We had a fakeship going on and that was fine with me. We were cordial at church and at our weekly woman's meetings but aside from that, we had an understanding; she didn't like me and I didn't give a shit.2015, Tracee Boyd, Beautifully Damaged: Lost in Detroit
    • Kent couldn't have made it any clearer that the road to anything more than fakeship was closed.2017, Sonya Weiss, Wedding Date Rescue

Origin of fakeship

Blend of fake + relationship. By surface analysis, fake + -ship.

Questions about fakeship

What does fakeship mean?
Fakeship means a disingenuous, fraudulent, or artificial relationship.
What part of speech is fakeship?
Fakeship is a noun.

Words near fakeship in the dictionary

  1. fakes it till one makes it
  2. fakes it until one makes it
  3. fakes out
  4. fakes the fatcha
  5. fakes up
  6. fakeship
  7. fakest
  8. fakester
  9. fakesters
  10. Fakestine
  11. Fakestinian

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