First, he was Jewish. Then he was a volleyball star and a finance wizard who lost his mother on 9/11. Now George Santos is a verb.
The New York congressman has become so well known for fabricating his biography that the internet has coined a new term for being fooled by someone who’s lying: “being Santosed.”
The term “being Santosed” is already so ubiquitous that it has several definitions on Urban Dictionary. “When you fall for someone’s bald-faced, outlandish lies,” reads one, using the example of a boyfriend “who said he was a doctor, had a house in the Hamptons, and that his dad was an astronaut; can’t believe I fell for that.”
The term is also being used in personnel management, as a warning that hiring managers must do due diligence to avoid being Santosed.
I spoke with HR experts and team leaders who explain how employers can avoid getting ‘Santosed.’ https://t.co/bUriN0YJu8
— Adina Genn (@AdinaGenn) January 13, 2023
While Santos has managed to keep himself in the headlines thanks to a seemingly endless discovery of new untruths related to statements he made during his campaign, his name has started turning up as shorthand in completely unrelated news stories.
Feds announce massive takedown of fraudulent nursing diploma scheme https://t.co/2CcM1nnV4F They George Santosed their way into nursing jobs.
— Lisa (@knotttobe) January 27, 2023
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