The whole 'wacky french house' thing has been done better.
http://soundcloud.com/para-one/canblaster-clockworks-para-on...
http://soundcloud.com/panteros666/panteros666-javelin-o
It rhymes with "Mohawk". "Faux" is the French word for fake, pronounced like "fow". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faux
Except using a French word in the context is pretentious and phoney. Maybe there's a word for that...
It was more the ugly portmanteau (phoney!) itself which I objected to.
EDIT: although I see now that I did manage to misspell it. How embarrassing.