cheap fake
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A real video taken out of context or manipulated with cheap tools.
Example Sentences
- "Importantly, deepfakes are perceived as less credible than cheapfakes with a similar de-legitimizing anti-immigration narrative."
- "Creators of cheap fakes use techniques such as slowing or speeding footage, cropping or zooming in on videos, and clipping parts of videos to omit the full context."
- "While deepfakes use AI to create or alter video and audio content, cheap fakes rely on editing and mislabeling media to create a false impression."
- "These videos, called cheap fakes, have become a common tactic to undermine Biden’s fitness for office as the 81-year-old seeks reelection."
- "Some of the videos of Mr. Biden circulating during this year’s campaign are clearly manipulated to make him look old and confused. Others cut out vital context to portray him in a negative light, a process sometimes known as a “cheap fake” because it requires little expense or technological skill to create."
- "Well, there were plenty of deceptively edited videos trying to show Biden as, like, you know, uh, an invalid, but, like, that being said, there were, and, you know, the White House was very successful and labelling every video as some sort of cheap fake or, um, you know, part of a right wing conspiracy."
Etymology
Usage
- American usage