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Besides obvious フェークニュース, is there a natural Japanese expression to express
the idea of **fake**?

On the same topic, how to say **fake or shallow person**? Is there an
equivalent to [plastic
people](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plastic+people) in
Japanese?
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slang colloquial-language terminology
What is a typical Japanese term for "fake", like in "Fake News"?
There is a single word that means "fake news".

> 虚報【きょほう】

Besides, if you want the adjective only, you can use:

> 偽（の）、偽物の、嘘（の）

[虚構新聞](http://kyoko-np.net/), a counterpart of [The
Onion](http://www.theonion.com/) in Japan says in the disclaimer:

> これは **嘘ニュース** です

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For other phrases, I don't know much because I'm not familiar with colloquial
English, but if I can put credit in Urban Dictionary's definitions ([fake
people](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fake%20people),
[plastic
people](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plastic%20people),
read [shallow
person](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shallow%20person) too
but I didn't get what it is), I'd say:

> 嘘（だらけ／まみれ）の人間、インチキな人間、信義のない人間、軽薄な人間
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for false rumor or fake news you can also say "dema" デマ
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