English

fakestream

Blend of fake + mainstream.

Proto-West Germanic *fegōn ‘to clean up, polish’

Old Saxon fegōn

Middle Low German vēgen

German Low German fegen

English feague ‘to spruce up, embellish’

English fake

Today it means

noun The mainstream media, seen as propagating lies or misinformation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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