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.
That viral apology was a total fakeroo — she clearly had a PR team write every word.
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(slang) Something fake.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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