"Faux News" means: Fox News.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
Faux News
(Internet slang, politics, derogatory) Fox News.
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BlueskyMay 2026
Never Underestimate The Power Of The Right Wing Smear Machine (Mostly Faux News) To Get Normally Intelligent People To Believe The Outrageous Lies That They Invent In The Few Months Before An Election...
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BlueskyMay 2026
If we could get rid of Faux News and Brenden Carr we would be much better off. Only a fascist regime wants all media only reporting only the lies and not the truth.
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BlueskyMay 2026
The corporate media is entirely useless for over a decade and refuses to ask pertinent questions and follow-up when the answers are pure bullshit. Kegsbreath is drunken cosplay Faux News actor, and is incapable of re…
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BlueskyMay 2026
No salute, holding onto the rails for the 3 steps, staggered walking… #drumpf This would be plastered all over faux news for months if it were anyone else.
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BlueskyMay 2026
Not unless the media reports it. My guess is Faux News won't do that, but who knows 🤷
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
(Internet slang, politics, derogatory) Fox News.
Origin: From the similarity in spelling between fox and faux, denouncing alleged misinformation from the television channel Fox News' programmes. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
For parents
"Faux News" means: Fox News.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
For ESL learners
"Faux News" means: Fox News.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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“Never Underestimate The Power Of The Right Wing Smear Machine (Mostly Faux News) To Get Normally Intelligent People To Believe The Outrageous Lies That They Invent In The Few Months Before An Election...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If we could get rid of Faux News and Brenden Carr we would be much better off. Only a fascist regime wants all media only reporting only the lies and not the truth.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The corporate media is entirely useless for over a decade and refuses to ask pertinent questions and follow-up when the answers are pure bullshit. Kegsbreath is drunken cosplay Faux News actor, and is incapable of rendering a coherent answer”
— Bluesky· May 2026“No salute, holding onto the rails for the 3 steps, staggered walking… #drumpf This would be plastered all over faux news for months if it were anyone else.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Not unless the media reports it. My guess is Faux News won't do that, but who knows 🤷”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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