Fauxhemian Edit Meaning

1.

Conforming to a safe, middle class lifestyle but with the superficial pretense of an alternative or Bohemian lifestyle.

People who live in Stoke Newington or read The Guardian may like to believe they maintain the values of their radical student days but the shallowness of their fauxhemian conceit would quickly be revealed if they were expected to sacrifice some aspect of their comfortable lives.

2.

Dressing in bohemian clothes when, in fact, you are a millionaire.

The Olsen twins pretend they are in Rent.

See Shannon

3.

Someone who tries to project the image of a bohemian, but is a poser.

Dude, lets go to Starbucks and check out the fauxhemians.

See poser

4.

A trend in which folks pretend to live out the lives of poor individualists, while maintaining their financial security, and often using it to carry out this fantasy.

Speaker 1: Did you see Celebrity X wearing that bohemian shirt?!

Speaker 2: She probably paid $200 for it, that's sooo fauxhemian

5.

kids who think they are totally groovy, jus because they have some "funky skirt" from Urban outfitters.

fauxhemian chick#1: omg, look at my rockin skirt, its like, pre ripped and everthing

fauxhemian chick#2: OMG that is so hard core! sick!

6.

Fauxhemian, or fauxbo, refers to wealthy people and places that carry a pretense of artistic sophistication. Fauxhemians think they are artsy, when really they are more fartsy, as their great wealth and comfortable lifestyles keep them from authentic expression, familiarity with the street, and any real impetus to truly oppose the system (since they still benefit too much from it).

Hipster #1-"Shopping at Whole Foods does not make you an intellectual. There isn't even a decent music venue in this town."

Hipster #2-"Yeah, Pasadena is so fucking fauxhemian."

Hipster #1-"Yeah, let's go to Glendale, that's where the REAL revolution is gonna take place."

Hipster #2-"Fuck yeah, Glendale is indie-tastic!"

See bohemian, poser, rich, pasadena, glendale, faux, wannabe, hipster, artsy fartsy

7.

1. n. Someone who affects the mannerisms or habits of a bohemian, including but not limited to heavy smoking, reading of philosophy, as well as excessive rotting at coffee houses. See also trustafarian. 2. adj. Someone who displays the qualities of being a fauxhemian.

"You spent two extra bucks for a pack of Nat Shermans? You're such a fauxhemian."

See bohemian, faux, hipster, dipster, dorks