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fauxpen

adj

Etymology

Blend of faux + open.

  1. inherited from open — “an aperture or opening”
  2. inherited from *upanōną✻ — “to raise; lift; open”
  3. inherited from *opanōn✻
  4. inherited from openian — “to open”
  5. inherited from openen
  6. derived from *upo✻ — “up from under, over”
  7. inherited from *upanaz✻ — “open”
  8. inherited from *opan✻
  9. inherited from open — “open”
  10. inherited from open
  11. compounded as fauxpen — “faux + open”

Definitions

  1. Open, but with restrictions.

    • I fear that some APIs—especially ones that lock us into dependency on commercial intermediaries that may fail—are also a breed of fauxpen.
    • As a university we have for the most part stayed away from organizations and efforts that we perceive as “fauxpen” or engaging in “open washing”.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fauxpen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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