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phonus-bolonus U.S. slang.|ˈfəʊnəs bəˈləʊnəs|
Also phonus bolognus.
[f. phoney, phony a. and baloney, boloney + the meaningless syllable -us.]
Nonsense, exaggeration, ostentation, an insincere statement; fraud, trickery; goods not up to specification; a swindling transaction. Also as adj.
1929D. Runyon in Hearst's International July 58/1 Of course this message is nothing but the phonus bolonus. 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas xviii. 202 Sure. It was just a bit of phonus-bolonus. I was stringing you along so's I could get hold of that notebook. I'd be a fine sap giving you money. 1947― Full Moon vi. 115 His little friend had scouted the idea that there was any phonus-bolonus afoot between Veronica Wedge and this prominent Anglo-American snake. 1948in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 386/1 The phonus-bolonus which gums up the average backstage musical. 1950R. Starnes Another Mug for Bier xviii. 121 Who was..the one who engineered the phonus-bolonus deal? 1955Sun (Baltimore) 3 Feb. 3/1 ‘Phonus Bolognus!’ whipped back Charles Hess. |