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A hobby that is so relentlessly, assiduously, and even creepily pursued as to qualify as an obsession.
By the time of her umpteenth marathon, it was clear that running had become a kind of hobbsession for Esther.
A fake museum; one that purports to advance learning without actually having scientific or educational content.
The Creation Nauseum in Kentucky makes me want to puke; dinosaurs on the Ark with Noah? C'mon!!
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The conscientious, studied, and contrived attempt to appear authentic, graceful, and natural.
Clementine was full of fauxthenticity the other day, after hitting Urban Outfitters and American Apparel in one afternoon -- it costs a lot of money to look so poor!
A monstrous problem that is not addressed or solved, due to a toxic combination of greed, recklessness, carelessness, short-sightedness, lack of oversight, and/or lack of leadership.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is rapidly becoming Gulfzilla, exceeding even pessimistic assessments of the damage it'll do to the region.
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Unctuous, oily charm; sleazy, phony earnestness.
Skip served up his tired antics to the ladies with a heaping spoonful of smarmalade, in hopes that they would fall for him.
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1. A follower of a Frankenfaith; 2. Unfounded belief in a Frankenfaith.
Lots of the Frankenfaithful are coming out of the woodwork these days, just like cicadas from the dirt. Let's hope they go back underground for another 17 years.
1. A heretical religion; 2. A faith that pretends to uphold and established religious doctrine while actually undermining and corrupting that doctrine in practice; 3. A faith that turns people into unthinking automatons.
I think those snake-oiled fundamentalists and televangelists are peddling a Frankenfaith.
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