fakeality
n.— «Take F list celebs Angie Everhart, Shar Jackson and Marla Maples add non-famous women who have gone through nasty divorces, add a “life coach” and you have yet another cheap hour of fakeality television.» —“Noteworthy Television This Week: Fakes-a-Plenty” by Toby von Meistersinger Gothamist (New York City) May 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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