bogus
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gəs adjective
1.
not genuine; counterfeit; spurious; sham.
Origin:
1825–30, Americanism; originally an apparatus for coining false money; perhaps akin to bogy1
1825–30, Americanism; originally an apparatus for coining false money; perhaps akin to bogy1
Synonyms
1. fraudulent, pseudo, fake, phony.
1. fraudulent, pseudo, fake, phony.
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bogus (ˈbəʊɡəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| spurious or counterfeit; not genuine: a bogus note | |
| [C19: from bogus apparatus for making counterfeit money; perhaps related to | |
| 'bogusly | |
| —adv | |
| 'bogusness | |
| —n | |
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Bogus
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
bogus
"counterfeit money," 1839, Amer.Eng., apparently from a slang word applied in Ohio in 1827 to a counterfeiter's apparatus. Some trace this to tantrabobus, a late 18c. colloquial Vermont word for any odd-looking object, which may be connected to tantarabobs, recorded as a Devonshire name for the devil.
Others trace it to the same source as bogey (1).
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bogus definition[ˈbogəs]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
He then imposed the bogus botanical theories of favoured scientists on farmers who knew better, but had no choice but to comply.
Wasteful public spending subsidises an army of bogus welfare claimants.
Former customers say the company's teenage owner has pillaged their credit cards for thousands in bogus charges.
As a result, many users get revenge by submitting bogus information.
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