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    [Adjective]  | "pho*ny" | \ ˈfō-nē \


    1: not genuine or real: such as

    2: intended to deceive or mislead

    3: intended to defraud : counterfeit

    Origin: 1889 ;

     Perhaps alteration of fawney gilded brass ring used in the fawney rig, a confidence game, from Irish fáinne ring, from Old Irish ánne{mat|anus|};

    [Adjective]  | "pho*ny-ba*lo*ney" | \ ˈfō-nē-bə-ˈlō-nē \


    1: phony

    Origin: 1936 ;

    [Noun]  | "phony" 


    1: one that is phony

    Origin: 1902 ;

     Derivative of {see: |phony:1|phony:1};

    [Verb]  | "phony" 


    1: counterfeit, fake —often used with up

    Origin: 1940 ;

     Derivative of {see: |phony:1|phony:1} or {see: |phony:2|phony:2};

    [Noun combining form]  | "-phony" 


    1: sound

    2: speech disorder of a (specified) type

    Origin: 

     Borrowed from Greek -phōnia, from -phōnos "having a sound (of the kind or number specified)" (derivative of phōnḗ "sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance") + -ia {see: |-ia:1|-ia:1} {mat|phono-|};

    [Adjective]  | "phony" 


    1: being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud;


      * e.g., " ... a phony watch with a designer logo "




    2: lacking in natural or spontaneous quality;


      * e.g., " ... she always has this phony smile just before she betrays you "




    3: not being or expressing what one appears to be or express;


      * e.g., " ... her concern for our welfare is as phony as all get-out—she just wants to know our business "




    [Adjective]  | "phony-baloney" 


    1: not being or expressing what one appears to be or express;


      * e.g., " ... if you believe the company's phony-baloney press releases, it's in business solely for the benefit of mankind "




    [Noun]  | "phony" 


    1: an imitation that is passed off as genuine;


      * e.g., " ... the fancy emerald ring turned out to be a phony "



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    2: one who makes false claims of identity or expertise;


      * e.g., " ... the person who performed the liposuction operation was later discovered to be a phony "



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    [Verb]  | "phony" 


    1: to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive;


      * e.g., " ... the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses "



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     [ "phony" ]

    1: Anyone who takes the effort to look or act differently than they normally would to impress others. Usually very embarrassing to watch, though entertaining if it is someone you don't like. Almost always obvious.

      * e.g.,  ...  You ought to go to a boy's school sometimes. Try it sometime. It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques. The guys that are on the basketball team stick together, the goddam intellectuals stick together, the guys that play bridge stick together. Even the guys that belong to the goddam Book-of-the-Month Club stick together. 

     [ "phony" ]

    1: something that isnt what it actually is, or someone pretending to be someone they are not.

      * e.g.,  ... Ryan Smith is a phony. 

     [ "phony" ]

    1: fake, not real, a lie

      * e.g.,  ... Jacob tried to sell me a phony Rolex watch. 

     [ "phony" ]

    1: A kind of person, usually very stupid. Usually wears Abercrombie, Hollister, and American Eagle to fit in. Very materialistic and superficial.The boys act tough and strong and the girls act ditzy and slutty. Very hard to go to school with or even just to talk to. Basically everybody at school.

      * e.g.,  ... Everybody is a goddamn phony.  

     [ "phony" ]

    1: A person that's all bark and no bite.

      * e.g.,  ... He's such a phony, he says he's a pyro but he's actually scared of fire. 

     [ "phony" ]

    1: Mark David Chapman's reason for killing John Lennon

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible." 

     [ "phony" ]

    1: Telephone company employee.

      * e.g.,  ... That phony' s here to fix your landline 

     [ "phony" ]

    1: Constantly being connected to your cell phone.

      * e.g.,  ... Mary: Dont worry about fetching me at the movies tonight, I sent dad a text message to come get me at 11h00pm. 

     [ "Phony" ]

    1: Holden Caulfield's favorite insult, an old way of saying poser.

      * e.g.,  ... "What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff- I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy." 

     [ "Phony" ]

    1: Somebody who pretends to be something else. It's like a bad actor.

      * e.g.,  ... Jerry: Use it in a sentence. 

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