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fakeship

noun

Etymology

Blend of fake + relationship. By surface analysis, fake + -ship.

  1. derived from relātiō
  2. derived from relacion
  3. derived from relacioun
  4. inherited from relacion
  5. formed as relationship — “relation + -ship”
  6. compounded as fakeship — “fake + relationship”

Definitions

  1. A disingenuous, fraudulent, or artificial relationship.

    • We had a fakeship going on and that was fine with me. We were cordial at church and at our weekly woman's meetings but aside from that, we had an understanding; she didn't like me and I didn't give a shit.
    • Kent couldn't have made it any clearer that the road to anything more than fakeship was closed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA