possible profanity
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plastic(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
5
put-on(noun, adjective, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
so-called(adjective, fake, deception, counterfeit, mock)
5
trumped up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, wrong)
4
cheap(adjective, poor, low, base, common)
4
fallacious(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
4
fictional(adjective, false, untrue, developed, fictitious)
4
illegitimate(fake, deception, false)
4
imaginary(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
4
manufactured(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
4
misleading(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
4
pretend(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
4
queer(wrong, fake, false, counterfeit, phony)
4
shoddy(adjective, mean, bad, poor, base)
4
specious(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
4
suppositious(adjective, wrong, fake, informal, false)
4
unsound(adjective, wrong, fake, deception, false)
4
untrue(adjective, wrong, fake, deception, false)
3
contrived(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, sham)
3
fabricated(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
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