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Verb

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fazer a egípcia (first-person singular present faço a egípcia, first-person singular preterite fiz a egípcia, past participle feito a egípcia)

  1. (Brazil, slang, chiefly gay, intransitive) to behave as indifferently as possible, in the hope of passing unnoticed

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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.

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