To fake the fatcha is Polari slang meaning either to apply makeup or to shave your face — both acts of preparing and presenting the face for public. Polari was the secret argot used by gay men in mid-20th century Britain, and its vocabulary is full of playful theatrical language like this. 'Fatcha' comes from Italian 'faccia' meaning face, filtered through Polari's magpie multilingualism.
Give me ten minutes to fake the fatcha and I'll be ready to go out.
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(Polari) To shave one's face.
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(Polari) To apply makeup to one's face.
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