SLANG DICTIONARY

fugazi

or fugazy

WHAT DOES FUGAZI MEAN?

Fugazi can be used to describe a situation as “fucked up” or to describe an item as fake. 

EXAMPLES OF FUGAZI

“I downloaded the new update, but it came up with an error message during installation and quit halfay [sic] through, and completely fugazied my iphone.”

bajori Apple (August 19, 2008)

“Copping everything from look-a-likes to fugazi materials just to feel good about ya selves smh”

@the_Dondotti Twitter (April 25, 2017)

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WHO USES FUGAZI?

Fugazi in the sense of “fucked up” is used in reference to the Vietnam war, but not much elsewhere.

Fugazy or fugazi in the sense of “fake” is strongly associated with Italian communities in New York and New Jersey, but has also been more widely adopted through the popularity of the movie Donnie Brasco and through hip-hop.

In addition to functioning as an adjective and noun, fugazi/fugazy sometimes serves as a verb for “mess up.”

NOTE

This is not meant to be a formal definition of fugazi like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of fugazi that will help our users expand their word mastery.

Like the United States Fiat currency, the Petro debt, dollar is currently in a full state of fugazi, or the 401k, you thought was your pension, is now all fugazied.

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