fugazi

发音

UK /fuˈɡɑːzi/
其它
UK /fuˈɡeɪzi/
其它
US /fuˈɡɑzi/
US /fuˈɡeɪzi/

词形变化

fugazis 复数 fugazis

别名

fugazy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thing or (less commonly) a person that is fake; a fake, a fraud.

    美国 俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair.

    美国 俚语 政治 军事
  2. 1.

    Fake.

    美国 俚语

词源

Uncertain; said to be of Mafia origin, from the Fugazy Continental limousine company in New York City which was owned by William “Bill” Fugazy, due to its cheesy “look like a rich guy” advertisements of the 1970s and 1980s, or its alleged poor business practices, possibly influenced by Sicilian fu cazzu (“it was nothing”). The word was popularized by the film Donnie Brasco (1997), based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (1987) by American former FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone (born 1939) who used the name “Donnie Brasco” as an undercover alias. First use in English appears c. 1974 in the novel Bones of Contention by Nicholas Gage.

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