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fauxmance

fauxmance noun: a fake romance between celebrities, arranged for publicity.

Noun

fauxmance (plural fauxmances)

  1. A fake romance between celebrities, arranged for publicity.
    • “Their fauxmance?” I asked. “What are you talking about?"
      “Fake romance,” Lee said. “Haley and Kevin are both Monica's clients. She had them fake-date for publicity. And it worked, their pictures are everywhere.”
      […]
      My head was whirling. I'd been set up to take that picture. Haley and Kevin were...2008, Sabrina Bryan, Julia DeVillers, Princess of Gossip, page 307
    • Their fauxmance is put to the test when Marc's mom has dinner at Casa Suarez.2008, Ann Donahue, Ugly Betty: The Book

Forms of fauxmance

pluralfauxmances

Origin of fauxmance

Blend of faux + romance.

Questions about fauxmance

What does fauxmance mean?
Fauxmance means a fake romance between celebrities, arranged for publicity.
What part of speech is fauxmance?
Fauxmance is a noun.
What is the plural of fauxmance?
The plural of fauxmance is fauxmances.

Words near fauxmance in the dictionary

  1. fauxlexes
  2. fauxligraphies
  3. fauxligraphy
  4. fauxlographies
  5. fauxlography
  6. fauxmance
  7. fauxmances
  8. fauxminist
  9. fauxminists
  10. fauxmosexual
  11. fauxmosexuality

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