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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-701/
- Published: 2021-12-30T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-27T17:47:41.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

The word for today is…

bogus (adjective):

not genuine : counterfeit, sham

Source : [Merriam ](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bogus?ref=goodoil.news)\-Webster

Etymology : You may know bogus as a slang word meaning “uncool” or simply “no good,” but did you know that bogus has actually been a part of English since the early 1800s? Not only was the word coined then, it was actually doing some coining of its own, so to speak. Back then, a bogus was a machine used to make counterfeit coins. No one knows for sure how this coin-copying contraption got its name, but before long bogus had also become a popular noun for funny money itself or for a fraudulent imitation of any kind. The more general “phony” adjective began being used about the same time.

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