Meaning & use
fugazy
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Slang: fake, phony, or not genuine.
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The dealer warned him the watch he'd bought on the street was totally fugazy.
Everyone at the office could tell his enthusiasm was fugazy.
A note on using this word
The term entered wider pop culture through the 1997 film "Donnie Brasco," which traced it to Italian-American slang derived from the Italian word "fu" plus a mock-Italian ending.
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