kilroy65
Member
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2016
- Location
- Bulgaria
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Bulgarian
- Home Country
- Bulgaria
- Current Location
- Bulgaria
I’ve been genuinely interested in this word since I first heard it in a song performed by a British band in 1984:
“Do you realise, this world is totally fugazi…” (Marillion, album: “Fugazi”)
Only a few dictionaries define “fugazi” and they assign so many different meanings to it that I’m not even sure what it really stands for.
When I checked Google Ngram Viewer, I was surprised to see that it is used quite extensively:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1;,fugazi;,c0
Is that really the case, and if so, what is the most common meaning of “fugazi” these days?
“Do you realise, this world is totally fugazi…” (Marillion, album: “Fugazi”)
Only a few dictionaries define “fugazi” and they assign so many different meanings to it that I’m not even sure what it really stands for.
When I checked Google Ngram Viewer, I was surprised to see that it is used quite extensively:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1;,fugazi;,c0
Is that really the case, and if so, what is the most common meaning of “fugazi” these days?