fazer a egípcia
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[edit]Verb
[edit]fazer a egípcia (first-person singular present faço a egípcia, first-person singular preterite fiz a egípcia, past participle feito a egípcia)
- (Brazil, chiefly gay slang, intransitive) to behave as indifferently as possible, in the hope of passing unnoticed
Usage notes
[edit]Since the 2010s, popular also among young urban females, and frequently used within a broader liberal sociolect, connoting the speaker's leftist and/or postmodern leanings.
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazil only.
Synonyms
[edit]- fazer-se de desentendido
- dar um migué (Brazil)