Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a stance in which the foot one normally has forward is in the rear; opposite to normal position.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun skateboarding, snowboarding The
riding backwards of theboard , in the oppositestance . - adjective of a trick Performed using the fakie stance.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His bike has a flip/flop hub & he rides fakie sometimes.
BSNYC Fridaculous Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I want to see video of you riding fakie or whatever it is called. preferably with clown make up on and dont forget to match your sneakers to your under wear.
BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz (Special Thursday Edition)! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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I'm not sure if mine is a fakie but sound and picture are excellent.
Producer Frank Marshall Says “Don’t Spend Your Money” on IMAX Digital | /Film 2009
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Well, if Prolly was there I could have one of my burning secret desires satisfied--learning how to ride fakie.
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle on Earth Day: Guilt Complex, Complex Guilt BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Um, that's a fakie bunnyhop tailwhip rolling out of another huge trick.
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle on Earth Day: Guilt Complex, Complex Guilt BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Apparently one can go to the SF pier and see Mr. Weston executing his backward fakie.
Coming Apart at the Hems: Excessive Panting BikeSnobNYC 2009
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And we had dinner and then John showed me his fake Emmy because I have two real Emmys and he showed me some fakie local news I'm a weatherman Emmy, I'm not sure.
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I'm thinking about having a flip flop hub put on my old 10 speed & riding fakie in my hot pink frillies with AYHTMS in big black letters right across my ass.
Curlicues: The End of Straight-Ahead Cycling? BikeSnobNYC 2008
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February 16, 2008 at 9:02 am lol! u kno is fakie rite?
Stop… playin… interwebz… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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In a perfect world, Mrs. Herschel would have dropped into the halfpipe, done a 360 flip-to-tailgrab and landed fakie, tearing that thing up like Tony Hawk in his prime.
Getting Air Dan Gutman 2007
lampbane commented on the word fakie
Riding backwards on a skateboard.
September 17, 2008