acting affectation appearance attitudinizing bluff bluffing buffoonery business characterization cheating color coloring deception delusion disguise dissemblance dissembling dissimulation facade face fakery faking false air false front false show falsity feigning feint four-flushing fraud front gag gilt gloss ham hammy acting hoke hokum humbug humbuggery impersonation imposture masquerade meretriciousness mimesis mimicking mimicry miming mummery ostentation outward show overacting pantomiming patter performance performing personation playing portrayal pose posing posture pretense pretension pretext projection representation seeming semblance sham show simulacrum simulation slapstick speciousness stage business stage directions stage presence stunt taking a role varnish window dressing