To Holden, being a phony seems to be, expressing to the world things about yourself, that aren't what you actually believe, or who you actually are. So say you tell everyone, and make out to be a neat freak or someone who needs to have things neat and tidy all the time, yet your bedroom is a complete mess. That would be being a phony, you're making people believe something about yourself that isn't true. In this way I think everyone can be a phony sometimes. I think this is the case because not everyone likes everything about themselves, so say they're actually a messy person, they may make themselves out to be a neat freak so people don't think they're a slob.
This is also true for Holden, almost everything he tells or says to people is the complete opposite of what he actually means, or wants to say. He tends to be very nice to people, and tell the nice things about them, and on the inside he's picking apart everything wrong with them. This makes Holden a phony when it comes to what he thinks of people, as opposed to how he express's himself around people.
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