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    [Verb]  | "veneer" 


    1: to overlay or plate (a surface, as of a common sort of wood) with a thin layer of finer wood for outer finish or decoration; broadly : to face with a material giving a superior surface

    2: to cover over with a veneer; especially : to conceal (something, such as a defect of character) under a superficial and deceptive attractiveness


    Origin: 1742 ;

     Back-formation from {see: |veneering|veneering};

    [Noun]  | "ve*neer" | \ və-ˈnir \


    1: a thin sheet of a material: such as

    2: a layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to be glued to an inferior wood

    3: any of the thin layers bonded together to form plywood


    Origin: 1702 ;

     Noun derivative of {see: |veneer:2|veneer:2}, or borrowed directly from German (17th-century) furner, fornier (modern Furnier), noun derivative of fourniren, furniren "to apply thin strips of wood or other material (to cabinetwork, etc.)" {mat|veneering|};

    [Verb]  | "veneers" 


    [Noun]  | "veneers" 


    1: a deceptively attractive external appearance;


      * e.g., " ... the veneer of civility that the neighbors had maintained over the years disappeared with the filing of the first lawsuit "





    2: an outer part or layer;


      * e.g., " ... the top and sides of the desk are overlaid with cherry veneers, while the interior wood is white pine "



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    [Noun]  | "veneer" 


    1: a deceptively attractive external appearance;


      * e.g., " ... the veneer of civility that the neighbors had maintained over the years disappeared with the filing of the first lawsuit "





    2: an outer part or layer;


      * e.g., " ... the top and sides of the desk are overlaid with cherry veneers, while the interior wood is white pine "



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     [ "veneer" ]

    1: A thin layer of wood not mustard used typically for decks or furniture.

      * e.g.,  ... Max placed his sandwich on a desktop lined with veneer, not mustard. 

     [ "Career Veneer" ]

    1: The thin layer of potential for career advancement, increase in pay and future opportunities that an employer paints on your job to convince you that the future holds something more than you are currently experiencing.

      * e.g.,  ... I had my first year appraisal at the McDonalds today. They painted a bit of a career veneer over the last year. 

     [ "Facebook Veneer" ]

    1: The idealized representation of one's life, as represented on Facebook, that one wishes others to believe is true. Often supported by exaggerated accounts of social exploits, and generally accompanied by deliberately posed photographs, one's Facebook Veneer often masks a depressingly banal existence.

      * e.g.,  ... I got a peek behind Clarinda's Facebook Veneer yesterday. I don't know who the guy or the kids in her pictures are, because there was no trace of them in her tiny apartment on skid row. 

     [ "whore veneer" ]

    1: The false perception of being a whore (i.e. loose, easy, promiscuous), but is rather prudish. Could also be referred to as a tease.

      * e.g.,  ... You really didn't do anything with that guy. That's just whore veneer you're frontin'. 

     [ "criminal veneer" ]

    1: Something that while not technically criminal, by all appearances should be - such as computerized trading.

      * e.g.,  ... The market was off 600 points today for no apparent reason, it was just AI criminal veneer. 

     [ "laminated veneer lumber" ]

    1: laminated veneer lumber is an engineered wood product similar to plywood except much more laminations making laminated veneer lumber stronger than conventional lumber used to make structural beams posts support timbers joist studs and other construction applications

      * e.g.,  ... my neighbor built his house using laminated veneer lumber those laminated veneer lumber boards are strong no twisting no warping what a great product 

     [ "veneer tech" ]

    1: A scam artist that pretends to be "certified" to apply veneers to people's teeth. They are illegal and aren't licensed in anything and often do irreversible damage to people's dental health. They also like to scam people by selling them fraudulent "certifications" and intentionally mislead their victims into thinking they can also apply veneers to people's teeth after only 2 days training.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you hear what happened to Trish? She got scammed by one of those fake veneer techs and now she has to get part her jaw removed due to a massive infection 

     [ "velvet and veneer" ]

    1: The coolest villains out there

      * e.g.,  ... Velvet and Veneer are the coolest villains out there 

     [ "Eco-friendly wood veneer" ]

    1: Commonly used as a part of home design.

      * e.g.,  ... Covering it with Eco-friendly wood veneer... 

     [ "Insta-Veneer" ]

    1: The idealized representation of one's life, as represented on Instagram, that one wishes others to believe is true. Often supported by exaggerated accounts of social exploits, and generally accompanied by deliberately posed photographs, one's Instagram Veneer often masks a depressingly banal existence.

      * e.g.,  ... I got a peek behind Clarinda's Insta-Veneer yesterday. I don't know who the guy or the kids in her pictures are, because there was no trace of them in her tiny apartment on skid row. 

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