fazer a egípcia
Portuguese
Verb
fazer a egípcia (first-person singular present faço a egípcia, first-person singular preterite fiz a egípcia, past participle feito a egípcia)
- (Brazil, chiefly gay slang, intransitive) to behave as indifferently as possible, in the hope of passing unnoticed
- Synonyms: fazer-se de desentendido, dar um migué (Brazil)
Usage notes
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.
Conjugation
1Brazil only.