Word: faux
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...borns who are the clowns of the brood, able to get their way simply by being funny or outrageous. Birth-order scholars often observe that some of history's great satirists-Voltaire, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain-were among the youngest members of large families, a pattern that continues today. Faux bloviator Stephen Colbert-who yields to no one in his ability to get a laugh-often points out that he's the last of 11 children...
...many, The Kong’s grungy interior was as defining a feature as its faux-Asian facade...
...consultant-approved language that others practice does not have to be the only alternative. It is a difficult balance to strike, but a candidate who lives in a soundbite-obsessed world like ours needs to be direct and truly honest and while being careful to avoid embarrassing and insensitive faux...
That's pretty much the way it goes with this movie. It's a faux epic - swell costumes, historically authentic settings, a certain amount of bustle and skulking, but very little dramatically gripping activity. One has hopes, occasionally, for Geoffrey Rush's Walsingham, Elizabeth's supremely adept spymaster (and a historical character one would like to know more about), but he remains a shadowy figure. One would like, as well, to see Samantha Morton's Mary as a tragic, if misguided, figure. But she manages no more than a certain noble smugness when, at last, her head is placed...
...corner on South Street in downtown Boston, a faux eyebrow fluttered across the pavement. Three extras walked repeatedly in a circle, lumbering off the edge of the sidewalk as they turned...