PHONY
ADJECTIVES
1859 — SHNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand → UK
..20C — CHEESY phony → teen & high school sl.
1935 — BOGUISH phony, fake, bogus → Amer. dial.
.M20 — LEFT-HANDED crooked, phony, or counterfeit → US colloq.
1953 — BOGUE phony, fake, bogus → Amer. dial.
1975 — BALONEY → BOLOGNY → BOLONEY spurious; phony (Bk.)
1980 — WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory → African-American sl.
1980 — WACKED → WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory → African-American sl.
1984 — WACK → WHACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad → African-American sl.
2006 — CRANK bogus; false; phony → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 — PHONY AS A THREE-DOLLAR BILL phony; bogus → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 — QUEER AS A THREE-DOLLAR BILL phony; bogus → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1975 — GILHOOLEY an insincere or phony person → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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