Word: faux
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...always thought of these two chains as polar opposites - one designed as a sophisticated faux living room where customers could get a decent coffee drink and read their newspapers; the other, a riot of plastic-and-vinyl booths and bright fluorescent lighting where meals are counted in billions served. I wondered if it was really possible for these two worlds to collide. If McDonald's built its own version of a grande nonfat latte, would Starbucks customers come...
...Wednesday were downright raucous. Crowds only numbered between 50 to 100, not much larger than a house party, but they were enthusiastic. There were whistles, screams and signs whose wordy perfectionism - one lists all seven of the planks of Romney's stump speech - contrast sharply with the brightly-colored faux folkiness of the signs distributed by volunteers. These are people who have fallen for the guy they entered into an arranged marriage with. "I love him! I love him! I love him!" shouts a former teacher in Cedar Rapids...
...hear Huckabee tell it, he is the candidate who knows what it's like on the wrong side of the tracks. In other election cycles, Huckabee's fellow Republicans might have called this sort of talk the language of "class warfare," the bread and butter of John Edwards, the faux-populism of John Kerry. By tradition and ideology, the Grand Old Party has long avoided directly addressing America's deepening gulf in opportunity and income. For years, the conservative vision has held that all citizens, even the short order cook or the assembly line worker, benefit from a rising stock...
...inside malevolence. The desaturated color scheme of that film, set in 18th century New York City, is here applied to the streets of London a few decades later. But whereas Burton bent an old legend to comic-horror ends, this time he's not kidding. The shadows aren't faux-ominous, they are expressions of the city's pestilence of selfishness and cruelty, where the motives of virtually everyone - both lowlife and high-born - are venal and verminous...
...easily understand how non-Christians and atheists derive so much joy from Christmas shorn of its religious context. Receiving gifts—and, for a few, giving them as well—is a good enough reason for many to endure the countless hours in shopping malls, the tacky faux-fir trees and garlands strewn everywhere, and the unbearable “pop” holiday music that tyrannizes the radio waves. But, at some point, one must question why some make such a fuss about a holiday that has no meaning...