English Explanatory Dictionary

fugazi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair.
adj
  1. Fake.
noun
  1. A thing or (less commonly) a person that is fake; a fake, a fraud.

Pronunciation

/fuˈɡɑːzi/ /fuˈɡeɪzi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fugazi1.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fugazi2.wav /fuˈɡɑzi/

Word forms

fugazi fugazy fugazis

Etymology

Origin unknown; a number of possibilities have been suggested: * One theory is that it is a corruption of French fougasse (“type of land mine”); flame fougasses were used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. * Less plausibly, it might be from English fugacious (“fleeting”) or cognates such as Italian fugace (“fleeting”). * It has also been suggested that it could be an acronym of “fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in [a body bag]”, but this is more likely a backronym, not the origin (compare FUBAR).

Synonyms

FUBAR banjaxed broken bum busted fractured ruptured

Related words

clusterfuck SNAFU
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