English
Etymology
A blend of fake + Facebook, suggesting that the site consists of phony, inauthentic users.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fakebook
- (Internet slang, derogatory) The social networking site Facebook.
2010 July 22, onet...@gmail.com, “Fakebook”, in alt.philosophy[1] (Usenet):I love Fakebook, where all my fake friends hang out.
When the weather is fair my fakebook friends are there. When things
get ruff they're gone in a huff.
2016 December 16, Ubiquitous, “Fakebook - The social-media site empowers a journalism cartel.”, in alt.journalism[2] (Usenet):
2018 June 1, hic...@gmail.com, “Fakebook Removes Trending Topics”, in alt.recovery.aa[3] (Usenet):Fakebook stuck to the antisemite crap and never investigated. Just like the Justice shit system.
Translations
Translations
- Finnish: not used in Finnish
- German: Fakebook n
- Polish: not used in Polish
- Russian: not used in Russian
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See also
German
Etymology
Blend of fake + Facebook.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fakebook n (proper noun, strong, genitive Fakebooks)
- (derogatory, Internet slang) Fakebook.
2013 September 13, Juergen P. Meier, “PGP Pen Pals - Group auf Facebook”, in de.comp.security.misc[4] (Usenet):Alles und jeder ist scheinbar auf Fakebook vertreten. Vor allem aber
auch die Dienste.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2018 May 23, Andreas Neumann, “avrdude-Problem”, in de.sci.electronics[5] (Usenet):Fakebook ist bei mir per hosts-file aussen vor.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2020 March 29, Dieter Funck, “Da Ihr heute Abend sowieso zu Hause seid:”, in ger.ct[6] (Usenet):Fakebook ist die Pest des Internets und gehört ausgerottet.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Fakebook [sg-only, neuter, strong]