A dated American slang term for a made-up story, a con, or a deception.
A dated American slang term for a made-up story, a con, or a deception. The word has an elaborate, carnival-barker sound suggesting both fakery and showmanship -- fitting for con artists of the early 20th century. It is now largely archaic, belonging to the same lexical era as 'flimflam' and 'hoodoo', but occasionally revived for comic or nostalgic effect. The elaborate sound adds to its charm as a word for deception.
The whole pitch was a fakeloo designed to part credulous investors from their savings.
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(slang) Something fake.
A fakeroo is anything that's counterfeit, phony, or just completely made up — with the -roo suffix adding a playful, almost cartoonish edge to the deception. It's the kind of word you'd use for a knockoff designer bag, a celebrity's over-rehearsed social media meltdown, or a business deal that smells suspiciously too good. It signals that something is fake, but the tone is more eye-roll than accusation — you've spotted the scam and you're not even that impressed.
(archaic, UK, colloquial, by extension) A sham; a hoax; a make-believe.
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American slang from the early 20th century for a made-up story or con — a fabrication designed to deceive. Fakeloo has a playful, carnival-barker energy that fits its era; it sounds like something a hustler would use while running a shell game or selling patent medicine. Though now dated, it captures the colorful inventiveness of old American con-artist slang that coined dozens of vivid terms for deception.
He spun them a complete fakeloo about being a war hero, and they believed every word.
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(US, slang, dated) A made-up story; a con.
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