Is there a word for when someone acts like they’re mad or indignant, but they are playing around and/or not actually mad or indignant?
Is there a word for when someone acts like they’re mad or indignant, but they are playing around and/or not actually mad or indignant?
Faux outrage?
I think this was what I was looking for.
Faux outrage isn't playing around though. They're not doing it for fun, they're doing it for social capital.