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noun

• someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; "wannabe"; "fake".
  • See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: to pretend, feign, pose.

  Last edited on Dec 25 2012. Submitted by Rebecca Griffith from Hopkinsville, KY, USA on May 17 1997.

origin

• Borrowed from the French word with the same spelling and definition. Generally (or originally) used to describe people posing as punks ("punk rockers") or skaters.

  Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Rebecca Griffith from Hopkinsville, KY, USA on May 17 1997.

adjective

• in one's personal space.

  Towards the end of the fight, they were both up in each other's grill.

                                                                                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Never Let Me Go", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.

  Last edited on Feb 19 2013. Submitted by Rebecca Griffith from Hopkinsville, KY, USA on May 17 1997.

• criticizing.

                                                     
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Never Let Me Go", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.

adjective

• obsessed with another person.

  She's totally up his butt.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be attracted to.

  Last edited on May 17 1997. Submitted by Rebecca Griffith from Hopkinsville, KY, USA on May 17 1997.