put-on

put-on
adj
1. pretended, assumed, meretricious, sham; faked, simulated, Inf. phony, spurious, counterfeit, fake; falsified, feigned, colored; artificial, ersatz, unnatural, synthetic, plastic; alloyed, mixed, adulterated.
n
2. airs, affectation, show, pretense, front; facade, image, sham, artificiality, airs and graces.
3. mockery, mock, imitation, fake, counterfeit; hoax, swindle, rip-off, cheat, fraud, Inf. phony.
4. parody, spoof, farce, take-off; burlesque, caricature, mimicry, harlequinade.

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