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superfake en · ADJ

Etymology

From super- + fake.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Very fake.
    • There was something behind that superfake smile of hers (a whiff of desperation?) that made Tiernan pretty sure Summer wasn't here to reconnect with her old middle school pals. 2012, Hilary Weisman Graham, Reunited, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 35:

superfake en · NOUN

Etymology

From super- + fake.

Meanings

  1. A highly realistic counterfeit.
    • In the pandemic, superfakes went supernova: A killer combo of quarantine malaise, frenzied stimulus-check hobby spending and the rise of sales via social-media sites like Instagram has propelled consumers’ awareness of — and fervor for — these hyperrealistic copycats to new heights. 2023 May 4, Amy X. Wang, Grant Cornett, “Inside the Delirious Rise of ‘Superfake’ Handbags”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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