"Big. There's a word I really hate. It's fake. I could throw up every time I hear it." Then all of a sudden old Spencer seemed to have something very good, something as sharp as a thumbtack, to say to me. He sat more in his chair and sort of shifted. "It wasn't real though, he just picked up the Atlantic Monthly and I tried to throw it on the bed next to me. "It was only about two inches away, but he still got it missed. I got up and picked him up and put him on the bed. Suddenly I wanted to leave the room. I could feel a great conference coming. The idea didn't bother me that much. » Throughout "The Catcher in the Rye", Holden Caulfield always points out people who are fake. This usually means that the person is not true to themselves or tends to lie a lot. He uses the word frequently to describe people and assumes that most people are fake. He uses it to describe people he has never met before, people who are more interested in how they look than how they actually look. don't say much honest...