bogus

[ boh-guhs ]
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adjective
  1. not genuine; counterfeit; spurious; sham.

noun
  1. Printing, Journalism. matter set, by union requirement, by a compositor and later discarded, duplicating the text of an advertisement for which a plate has been supplied or type set by another publisher.

Origin of bogus

1
1825–30, Americanism; originally an apparatus for coining false money; perhaps akin to bogy1

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bogus

/ (ˈbəʊɡəs) /


adjective
  1. spurious or counterfeit; not genuine: a bogus note

Origin of bogus

1
C19: from bogus apparatus for making counterfeit money; perhaps related to bogey 1

Derived forms of bogus

  • bogusly, adverb
  • bogusness, noun

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