Meanings
adjectivefauxnetic (not comparable)
- humorousnot comparableOf a pronunciation respelling system, in contrast to a phonetic alphabet.
George H.'s use of "ah" is, strictly speaking, erroneous, although we can't expect much more from a fauxnetic transcription.
(Language Log, "A pretentious and altogether lamentable affectation", 2010 December 28)http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2870
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fauxnetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticparamagneticmimeticunsympatheticparasympathetic
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APA
fauxnetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fauxnetic
MLA
“fauxnetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fauxnetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fauxnetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fauxnetic.
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