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   phoney

   /ˈfəʊni/

   adjective

   • 1. not genuine; fraudulent: "phoney cruise-ship job offers"

   noun

   • 1. a fraudulent person or thing. Similar impostorshamfakefraudmountebankquackcheatswindlerfraudsterconfidence tricksterdefrauderhoaxerblufferpretendermasqueradercharlatanroguescoundrelinformal:con mancon artistdated:confidence mancounterfeitfakeforgeryshamhoaximitationcopyreproductionreplicafacsimiledummymodeltoy

   Word Origin late 19th century: of unknown origin.

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   What does it mean if someone is phoney?

   • If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. He looks totally phoney to me. ...phoney 'experts'. Phoney is also a noun. 'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2.

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   What does Phoney War mean?

   • The phoney war over the number of potential job losses needs to stop. In a period of political phoney war, he is ahead in the polls. It's not phoney or fake. 4 meanings: 1. not genuine; fake 2. (of a person) insincere or pretentious 3. an insincere or pretentious person 4. something.... Click for more definitions.

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   How do you describe a phoney person?

   • If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. He'd phoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute. He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney. He used a phoney accent.

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   What does phony slang mean?

   • Fake, sham, counterfeit; false; insincere. In the 19th cent. chiefly Horse Racing slang, with reference to unofficial bookmakers issuing betting slips on which they do not intend to pay out. Many of the ‘ phony ’ bookmakers in the ring had not enough play to keep them alive.

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   Phoney is an informal adjective meaning not sincere or not real, or a noun meaning someone who is not sincere or not what they claim to be. Learn more about its pronunciation, usage and translations in different languages.

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   Phoney is an informal word that means not genuine or fake, or a person who is pretending to be someone else. Learn how to use phoney in sentences, pronounce it, and find synonyms and related terms.

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   Phony is an adjective, noun, or verb that means not genuine or real, intended to deceive or mislead, or counterfeit. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and usage of phony from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   noun. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. synonyms: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phony, pretender. see more.

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   Phony means not sincere or not real, or represented as real but actually false. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and related terms from Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Noun. A fake or counterfeit thing; a false or insincere person. Earlier version. phoney, a. and n. in OED Second Edition (1989) Originally U.S. colloquial. adjective. 1893–. Fake, sham, counterfeit; false; insincere.

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   Phoney is a British spelling of phony, meaning not genuine or fake. Learn how to use phoney in a sentence and see its origin and history.