fugazi

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Определение fugazi в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Artificial, fake, false. Can be in reference to a thing or a person. If a person it is usually in reference to a superficial person

Something that has no substance

A term coined in the Vietnam War by American troops standing for Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In, denoting a difficult situation. (Actually a backronym.)

Этимология

() From Italian slang fugazi, "fake"; perhaps also slang version of Fugacious derived from Latin fugax, fugac-, "ready to flee, flying", hence, fleeting, transitory