From root: plastik
Usage Note
Plastikan refers to a social situation where people are mutually insincere or fake toward one another. This often happens in workplaces or social circles where people pretend to be friends.
Examples
" Ayaw ko ng plastikan. "
Natural Translation
I don't like fakeness.
Literal Translation
Dislike I of mutual-hypocrisy.
" Ayoko sa plastikang ito. "
Natural Translation
I don't like this mutual hypocrisy.
Literal Translation
I dislike at hypocrisy this.
" Sa opisina namin, laganap ang plastikan kaya mahirap malaman kung sino talaga ang tunay na kaibigan at kung sino ang nagkukunwari lamang. "
Natural Translation
In our office, fakeness is widespread, so it's hard to tell who is really a true friend and who is just pretending.
Literal Translation
In office our, widespread the mutual-hypocrisy so hard know if who really the true friend and if who the pretending only.
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