Fronting (slang)
Pronunciation: /frun-tin/
Also spelled or known as: Frontin’
What does Fronting mean?
To be acting like you’re better than you really are or putting up a false facade.
Fronting Synonyms: Playing
Coined by: Pharrell
Example sentence: “She was fronting on my in high school, bet she won’t front now.”
Fronting in songs:
“I don’t see no future in your fronting, I be stunting hard” – Lil Wayne, Megaman.
“I know hoes that was fronting when they knew he was broke They say, “Damn, Yeezy, Yeezy, you don’t know us no more” – Kanye West, Put On.
“Ugh, for sure, ain’t no need for niggas out here fronting, though Metaphor, how I come up with it? I don’t fucking know” – ScHoolboy Q, THere He Go.
“It don’t take nothing but fronting for me to start something Bugging and bucking at niggas like I was duck hunting” – The Notorious B.I.G., Party and Bullshit.
“Quit with all the fronting, you ain’t ’round my clique for nothing ‘Cause our presence is a present, just to kick it is a blessing” – A$AP Rocky, Peso.
“Fronting with the gun talk, I ain’t heard a clap yet All my niggas from the street, they the niggas best yet” – Vince Staples, Norf Norf.
“Your bitch fronting, that’s you My bitch stunting, that’s me” – Pusha T, Trust You.
“You made a brother feel like he was something That’s why I’m with you to this day boo, no fronting” – Method Man, All I Need (Remix).