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Facey B

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English

Etymology

Clipping of Facebook (separated into two words) + -y.

Proper noun

Facey B

  1. (slang) Facebook (social networking website).
    • 2013 February, James McConnachie, Robin Tudge, “Facebook and Google: someone to watch over us”, in The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories, 3rd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 170:
      In March 2012, senior NATO staff in Brussels were fooled into accepting Facebook friend requests from a bogus account of NATO’s supreme allied commander, US Admiral James Savridis. This enabled those behind the fake page to steal phone numbers, friends and email addresses from the bamboozled NATO users of Facey-B.
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