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Found in Keywords for Radicals | Found in ''Keywords for Radicals: Introduction'' on page 3. Also referred to as 'charlatan'. A term used to characterize someone who tricks people for own financial gain or status. A person being dishonest to their own advantage. I'm thinking of real estate owners/agents, banks covering up investments, big tech progression facades. Presenting a tasty reality which is far from truth. Though my examples given before are much framed, I think every branch of work or community can have their own swindlers. A colleague, in a big artistic institution, opened up in a political discussion after the big PVV win that it might be the end for us artists. That we're often referred to by the far-right as losers, fakers, people who only talk and have no actual skillset, charlatans. | ||
Other funny related words provided by [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/charlatan dictionary.cambridge.org] which I thought we're worth mentioning: | Other funny related words provided by [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/charlatan dictionary.cambridge.org] which I thought we're worth mentioning: | ||
air guitar | air guitar | ||
phoney baloney | phoney baloney | ||
Latest revision as of 16:10, 16 January 2026
Found in Keywords for Radicals: Introduction on page 3. Also referred to as 'charlatan'. A term used to characterize someone who tricks people for own financial gain or status. A person being dishonest to their own advantage. I'm thinking of real estate owners/agents, banks covering up investments, big tech progression facades. Presenting a tasty reality which is far from truth. Though my examples given before are much framed, I think every branch of work or community can have their own swindlers. A colleague, in a big artistic institution, opened up in a political discussion after the big PVV win that it might be the end for us artists. That we're often referred to by the far-right as losers, fakers, people who only talk and have no actual skillset, charlatans.
Other funny related words provided by dictionary.cambridge.org which I thought we're worth mentioning:
air guitar
phoney baloney