fauxletarian
falsely claiming to be of a lower socio-economic or working cl-ss in order to appear humble, hide true wealth, dodge responsibility, or deflect criticism about an easy life.
portmanteau of ‘faux’ and ‘proletarian’ – fauxletariat can be used for a collection of fauxletarians.
he is such a fauxletarian! he makes 90k a year at an easy corporate job, but rages against the machine and goes on and on about his working cl-ss credentials.
she likes to tell everyone she is a starving student, but sends her mother’s maid to the thrift store for ‘real’ clothes. fauxletarian!
-adjective
1. presenting something/one’s self as pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
–noun
3. a purported member of the proletariat.
that hipster fronts like he’s working cl-ss, but really he’s as fauxletarian as they come.
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