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  2. Catfishing - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to a traditional Carnival celebration involving attendees masking their faces, the Internet allows catfishers to mask their true identities.. Catfishing refers to the creation of a fictitious online persona, or fake identity (typically on social networking platforms), with the intent of deception, [1] usually to mislead a victim into an online romantic relationship or to commit ...

  3. Pretending - Wikipedia

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    Pretending or Pretend may refer to Role-playing, the act of changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role Pretending or Pretend may also refer to:

  4. Passing (racial identity) - Wikipedia

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    Anita Florence Hemmings, the first African-American woman to graduate from Vassar College, passed as white for socioeconomic reasons.. Racial passing occurred when a person who was categorized as black in regard to their race in the United States of America, sought to be accepted or perceived ("passed") as a member of another racial group, usually white.

  5. Perfidy - Wikipedia

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    In the context of war, perfidy is a form of deceptive tactic where one side pretends to act in good faith, such as signaling a truce (e.g., raising a white flag), but does so with the deliberate intention of breaking that promise. The goal is to trick the enemy into lowering their guard, such stepping out of cover to accept a supposed surrender ...

  6. Troll (slang) - Wikipedia

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    A revision of a Wikipedia article shows a troll vandalizing an article on Wikipedia by replacing content with an insult.. In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online [1] (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life.

  7. Fake orgasm - Wikipedia

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    While all genders fake orgasms, women fake orgasms more frequently than men. A survey of 180 male and 101 female college students (introductory psychology students from the University of Kansas), Muehlenhard & Shippee (2009) found that 25% of men and 50% of women had pretended to orgasm (28% and 67%, respectively, for participants with experience in penile–vaginal intercourse (PVI)).

  8. Sadfishing - Wikipedia

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    Sadfishing can be caused by many things, the main reason being that someone doesn't get enough attention, and/or has low self-respect.This is proven by the fact that people sadfishing are looking for compliments: very close to narcissistic behaviour, but with desire for compliments from other people for self-satisfaction.

  9. Apparent death - Wikipedia

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    Playing possum" can also mean simply pretending to be injured, unconscious, asleep, or otherwise vulnerable, often to lure an opponent into a vulnerable position. [13] The usual advice for humans attempting to survive an attack by a brown bear is to lie face down, cover the face with one's hands/arms/elbows, and 'play dead'. [17]