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A contraction of faux and homie, a fauxmie is just another type of poseur. A fauxmie could take the form of a suburbanite claiming to be from the streets, a law-abiding b-boy reppin a phantom hood, or simply, a part-time pimp. Fauxmie's are rampant in Orange County, and any place where relative wealth and hip hop culture intermingle with strip malls and white bread mediocrity. I first encountered this word in the Onion's "Least Essential Albums of 2006" article, while sight-seeing in the ghetto!
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