"for fake" meaning in English

See for fake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Etymology: By analogy with for real. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} for fake, {{en-PP}} for fake
  1. (humorous) Not for real. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-for_fake-en-prep_phrase-7pHCKyhz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "By analogy with for real.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "for fake",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "for fake",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "for real"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1990, Beverley Gasner, Girls at Lighthouse Point, Dutton, →ISBN, page 161,\n“ […] and Justin just kept mumbling to him, ‘Go away, go away, I want to sleep.’”\n“For real?”\n“For fake is what I think. But I don’t know […] ”"
        },
        {
          "text": "2001, Niobia Bryant, Three Times a Lady, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 283,\n“True,” Jordan said as he switched lanes effortlessly. “We’re staying in a renovated Victorian castle sitting on the edge of a lake.”\n“For real?” he asked, some interest now evident.\n“No, for fake,” Jordan joked. “Trust me, son. We’re gonna have fun.”"
        },
        {
          "text": "2004, Debbie Gardner and Mike Gardner, Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 64,\nSometimes, young children have learned they can delay their bedtime by creating false monsters and ghosts for attention. […] What the child learns besides delaying bedtime is, “It feels good to hide my eyes, get a big hug and lots of loving attention when I am afraid for real and for fake.”"
        },
        {
          "text": "2006, John Lawton, A Little White Death, Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 97,\nHead nodding gently, knees crossed, all but tapping his foot to the human rhythm as though the groans and moans of coitus – for real or for fake – were more a concert on the Third Programme than a Home Servicing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not for real."
      ],
      "id": "en-for_fake-en-prep_phrase-7pHCKyhz",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "for real",
          "for real"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) Not for real."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "for fake"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "By analogy with for real.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "for fake",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "for fake",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "for real"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1990, Beverley Gasner, Girls at Lighthouse Point, Dutton, →ISBN, page 161,\n“ […] and Justin just kept mumbling to him, ‘Go away, go away, I want to sleep.’”\n“For real?”\n“For fake is what I think. But I don’t know […] ”"
        },
        {
          "text": "2001, Niobia Bryant, Three Times a Lady, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 283,\n“True,” Jordan said as he switched lanes effortlessly. “We’re staying in a renovated Victorian castle sitting on the edge of a lake.”\n“For real?” he asked, some interest now evident.\n“No, for fake,” Jordan joked. “Trust me, son. We’re gonna have fun.”"
        },
        {
          "text": "2004, Debbie Gardner and Mike Gardner, Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 64,\nSometimes, young children have learned they can delay their bedtime by creating false monsters and ghosts for attention. […] What the child learns besides delaying bedtime is, “It feels good to hide my eyes, get a big hug and lots of loving attention when I am afraid for real and for fake.”"
        },
        {
          "text": "2006, John Lawton, A Little White Death, Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 97,\nHead nodding gently, knees crossed, all but tapping his foot to the human rhythm as though the groans and moans of coitus – for real or for fake – were more a concert on the Third Programme than a Home Servicing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not for real."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "for real",
          "for real"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) Not for real."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "for fake"
}

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