Fake

Counterfeit of a Man With a Wine Glass by Amedeo Modigliani

Fake blood

Promotion photo from You're My Everything featuring Anne Baxter with a fake fur coat

Fake is a term used to describe or imply that something is not real or that it is false.

Examples and applications include:

• An insult used to describe a person who lies, pretends to be something they are not (e.g., a poseur), does not have an opinion of their own or pretends to like things he or she does not.

• Deception
  • A charlatan (a Sales person who sells something of no value based on false claims.)
  • A counterfeit (of an object)
  • A cover story (active cover-up), untrue explanation for a situation or untrue reason for an action, to hide what is really going on or is the real motive. It may involve real actions and objects related to the story to make it plausible.
  • A decoy (e.g., a cannon-shaped object made of wood which is designed to fool the enemy)
  • A forgery (a false document or picture)
  • A ploy (a plan, strategy, or tactics which use some deception in order to gain an advantage; E.g. A deceptive play in football such as the draw play.)
  • When a singer lip synchs to a recording during a purportedly live concert

• Dramatic portrayals
  • A film or play may show fictional events, actors typically show fake emotions, and fake objects (e.g., props) and fake houses (movie sets) are used

• Fake, was a 2010 film directed and written by Gregory W. Friedle that starred Gabriel Mann, Robert Loggia, Fisher Stevens, and Blanche Baker.

• Fiction
  • Fictional examples used as case studies in law, medicine, etc.
  • Novels create made-up characters and settings to catch a reader's attention.

• The same purpose (partly or fully) as the real thing
  • A prop or stand in, such as a Dummy
  • Artificial leather
  • Fake fur
  • Fake guns used in a bank robbery; for this reason realistic-looking fake guns are often prohibited
  • Meat analogue (e.g., tofu hot dogs)

Reasons for using a fake object instead of the real thing include:

• The real thing does not exist, including:
  • A fantasy object (e.g., a "laser blaster" held by an actor in a sci-fi film)
  • A reconstruction of a historical object made based on historical accounts or speculation

• A fake version of an object may:
  • be at less of a risk of damage or theft (e.g., when a replica of an Egyptian tomb treasure is displayed in a museum)
  • be legal while the real thing is illegal (e.g., a replica of an AK-47 designed for the US civilian market which can only fire in semi-automatic mode)
  • be less dangerous (e.g. a toy weapon, or a weapon prop)
  • be less expensive (e.g., a glass rhinestone in costume jewellery, vinyl imitation leather, etc.)
  • be less heavy (e.g., an imitation oak beam which is hollow, but covered with a thin layer of veneer)
  • be more easily available (e.g., artificial vanilla flavour does not require vanilla beans)
  • not require a license (e.g., a replica of a flintlock musket which cannot chamber or fire ammunition)
  • not require an animal to be killed (meat analogue, imitation fur, imitation ivory piano keys)
  • Replaceable or reusable while the real thing is not (Such as the case of Dummy Round when training in the Military

• Decoys used as military targets or to deceive the enemy (e.g., dummy tanks made of wood) are much less expensive and lighter than the real thing.

Fake may also refer to:

In music:

• Fake (Swedish band), a Swedish synthpop band active in the 1980s
• Fake?, a Japanese rock band
• Fake (Ai song), 2010 song by Ai featuring Namie Amuro
• Fake (Alexander O'Neal song), 1987 single by Alexander O'Neal
• Fake (Simply Red song)", 2003 single released by Simply Red
• "Fake", a song by Alexander O'Neal
• "Fake", a song by Korn from their 1994 album Korn
• "Fake", a song by the hard rock band, Mötley Crüe
• "Fake", a Brand New Heavies song on the album Brother Sister
• Fake book, a collection of musical lead sheets

In human names:

• Caterina Fake (surname)
• Chen Fake (given name)

Other uses:

• Fake (manga), a BL manga
• Fake (film), a Thai movie
• Fake (F# Make), a variant of the make program coded in the F# programming language

See also

• Fiction
• Hoax
• Replica