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adjective
1.
showy but inferior and worthless.
noun
2.
a showy but inferior and worthless thing.
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Brummagem
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Origin:
1630–40; local variant of Birmingham, England (Compare Bromwichham, Bromecham (17th century), Middle English Burmingeham); orig. in allusion to counterfeit coins produced there in the 17th cent.
1630–40; local variant of Birmingham, England (Compare Bromwichham, Bromecham (17th century), Middle English Burmingeham); orig. in allusion to counterfeit coins produced there in the 17th cent.
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| Brummagem (ˈbrʌmədʒəm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an informal name for Birmingham Often shortened to: Brum |
| 2. | (sometimes not capital) something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery |
| —adj | |
| 3. | (sometimes not capital) cheap and gaudy; tawdry |
| [C17: from earlier Bromecham, local variant of | |
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brummagem
"cheap and showy," 19c., from a noun, from the vulgar pronunciation of Birmingham, England, in reference to articles mass-manufactured there. The word also recalls Birmingham's old reputation for counterfeiting.
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