Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Obviously false, clearly inauthentic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory
Qualifier: 4chan slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: real and straight
History
From fake (“false”) + and + gay (“lame, uncool, stupid”); originating online in the early 2000s as a way to question a story's authenticity.
