Hollywood vs sham

Hollywood

verb
  • To perform an act of Hollywooding. 

adj
  • Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie industry. 

  • Of or characteristic of a Hollywood film. 

noun
  • A waxing practice that removes all of the pubic hair, unlike a Brazilian which leaves a small strip behind. 

name
  • An unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. 

  • An area in Los Angeles, known as the center of the American motion picture industry. 

  • The American motion picture industry, regardless of location. 

  • A village in Wythall parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0877). 

sham

verb
  • To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. 

  • To obtrude by fraud or imposition. 

  • To deceive, cheat, lie. 

noun
  • A decorative cover for a pillow. 

  • A false front, or removable ornamental covering. 

  • Trickery, hoaxing. 

  • A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. 

  • Champagne. 

adj
  • mock 

  • Intended to deceive; false. 

  • counterfeit; unreal 

  • See also Thesaurus:fake 

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