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fauxgressive
/fəʊˈɡɹɛsɪv/
noun 1adj 1
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4ADJ.
corporate, performative, south
FAUXGRESSIVE + NOUN
politeness
PREP.
around, with
ADV.
officially
Definitions
noun
1
An alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative.
“Bill de Blasio is an elitist, New York City corporate Democrat fauxgressive, masquerading around South Carolina as a progressive,” said John Samuelson, president of Transport Workers Union.
adj
1
Allegedly, but not actually, progressive.
In many spaces, the term functions now as performative fauxgressive politeness—as one of the many buzzwords such as intersectionality or systemic that one can drop, with little understanding, to display her wokeness.
With their fauxgressive covers officially blown, Twitter is blowing up with stories about the disturbing new dating trend.
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“Bill de Blasio is an elitist, New York City corporate Democrat fauxgressive, masquerading around South Carolina as a progressive,” said John Samuelson, president of Transport Workers Union.
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In many spaces, the term functions now as performative fauxgressive politeness—as one of the many buzzwords such as intersectionality or systemic that one can drop, with little understanding, to displ
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With their fauxgressive covers officially blown, Twitter is blowing up with stories about the disturbing new dating trend.
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