phoneyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfəʊni/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊni/

Forms: 1800s– phoney, 1800s– phony, 1900s– faune (U.S., nonstandard).

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fawney n.

Etymology: Probably a variant of fawney n. (compare fawney n. 2).It is uncertain whether the following, from a private letter from a soldier during the American Civil War, shows an earlier example of this word, or perhaps a nonstandard spelling for funny adj. (for further discussion see Trans. Philol. Soc. 109 (2011) 1–11):1862 B. Moody Let. 25 Apr. in M. Lane Dear Mother (1977) 116/2 They keep skirmishing along the line. I will tell you of a phoney scrape and also a serious one, too.

Originally U.S. colloquial.

A. adj.

Fake, sham, counterfeit; false; insincere.In the 19th cent. chiefly Horse Racing slang, with reference to unofficial bookmakers issuing betting slips on which they do not intend to pay out.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective]

fainta1340

counterfeit1393

pretense1395

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feigned1413

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colourable1433

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simulate1435

dissimuled1475

simulative1490

coloureda1500

dissimulate?a1500

simuled1526

colorate1528

dissembled1539

mock1548

devised1552

pretended?1553

artificial1564

supposed1566

counterfeited1569

supposing?1574

affecteda1586

pretensive1607

false1609

supposite1611

simulara1616

simulatory1618

simulated1622

put-ona1625

ironic1631

ironical1646

devisable1659

pretensional1659

pretenced1660

pretensory1663

vizarded1663

shammed?c1677

sham1681

faux1684

fictitious1739

ostensible1762

made-up1773

mala fide1808

assumed1813

semblative1814

fictioned1820

pretextual1837

pseudo1854

fictive1855

schlenter1881

faked1890

phoney1893

phantom1897

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adjective]

feignedc1374

unplaina1393

hollowa1529

hollow-hearted1549

foul1550

unsincere1577

insincere1634

unsound1714

lip-deep1802

lip-born1872

phoney1951

pseud1962

1893 Chicago Tribune 29 June 6/2 Many of the ‘phony’ bookmakers in the ring had not enough play to keep them alive.

1896 Washington Post 3 Mar. 8 Detective McGlue and Policeman Cooney captured two men yesterday in the act of working a clever ‘phoney’ game on the residents of the Third Precinct.

1900 G. Ade More Fables 138 ‘Overlook all the Phoney Acting by the Little Lady, Bud,’ said the Fireman.

1924 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 204/1 Hope you didn't mind when I gave you a phony name.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 2 May 8/7 A line of argument..which I have long suspected is quite phoney.

1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye ii. 19 They had this headmaster, Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life.

1977 Guardian Weekly 27 Feb. 9/2 At this stage of phoney peace, the Americans are being careful to say or do nothing that might alarm Israel.

1988 P. Brook Shifting Point (1989) 64 Perhaps he might believe that he was taking his place in ritual theatre—but while seeming hieratic to himself he would just seem phoney to us.

2003 Total DVD Dec. 95/2 Total Movie, the mini mag that looks beyond Hollywood's phoney tinsel to find the real tinsel!

B. n.

A fake or counterfeit thing; a false or insincere person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles

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pseudo1402

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simuler1534

colourer1554

counterfeiter1561

truphane1568

counterfeit1574

put-forth1581

pretender1583

impostor1586

idol1590

would-be1607

phantasm1622

farce1696

imposture1699

Barmecide1713

simulator1835

fraud1850

sham1850

fake1855

swindle1858

shammer1861

make-believe1863

hoax1869

economizer1874

make-believer1884

ringer1896

phoney1902

faker1910

shill1976

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [noun] > insincere person

lip-comfortera1815

pseudo1829

lip-worshippera1846

lip-server1860

phoney1952

pseud1954

jive-ass1964

1902 C. L. Cullen Six Ex-tank Tales 99 If youse tinks f'r a minnit dat youse is goin' t' git away wit' a phony like dat wit' me youse is got hay in y'r hemp, dat's wot.

1916 San Francisco Call & Post 28 Nov. 12 ‘Don't Mr. Jenks know a lot of people?’ ‘They're all phonies.’

1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm xi. 170 He's probably gone to the trouble to check the first lot and found that they're phoneys.

1952 C. Armstrong Black-eyed Stranger i. 5 Lynch is no international jewel thief. He's a tired old phony.

1971 S. E. Morison European Discov. Amer.: Northern Voy. iii. 79 Adolf Rieth..tells of European false runic inscriptions and other famous phonies, one of which, the ‘turkey frieze’ in Schleswig Cathedral, pertains to America.

1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero ii. 21 I thought he was a total phony and wanted no part of his friendship.

Compounds

phoney war n. the period of comparative inaction at the beginning of the Second World War between the German invasion of Poland (September 1939) and that of Norway (April 1940); (also) any confrontation involving similar inaction; cf. sitzkrieg n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > cold war

political warfare1765

propaganda war1838

white war1931

phoney war1939

sitzkrieg1940

cold war1945

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > instance of

showa1500

making-upa1525

shine?1529

face1542

varnish1565

copy of one's countenance1579

false1598

mock-beggar1603

mockerya1616

umbrage1634

simulacrum1833

phoney war1939

1939 Nation (N.Y.) 30 Sept. 336/2 Senator Borah talks about a ‘phony’ war and contemplates with democratic disgust the intrenched power of the British Empire.

1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 July 25 During the eight months of the ‘phoney’ war everything seemed to be running smoothly between Great Britain and France.

1947 Partisan Rev. 14 347 Within each state the necessary psychological atmosphere would be kept up by complete severance from the outer world, and by a continuous phony war against rival states.

1964 New Statesman 4 Sept. 301/2 The electoral phoney war is almost over.

1972 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 2/6 A curious ‘phoney war’ atmosphere has pervaded Ulster during the past few days.

1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xix. 166/1 This was the period of the ‘phoney war’ or as some firemen dubbed it ‘the Sitzkrieg’ as they waited for the attack on London which must surely come.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

phoneyv.

Brit.

/ˈfəʊni/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊni/

Forms: 1900s– phoney, 1900s– phony.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: phoney adj.

Etymology: < phoney adj.

slang (chiefly U.S.).

transitive. To counterfeit, make up, falsify. Frequently with up.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)]

forgec1386

contrivec1400

commentc1450

dissimule1483

devisea1535

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fable1553

coin1561

to make upc1650

manufacture1700

to tell the tale1717

fabricate1779

concoct1792

fob1805

mythologize1851

fabulate1856

phoney1940

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)]

forgec1330

counterfeitc1386

feign1484

flamc1500

adulterate?1526

mint1593

fashion1600

fudge1674

sham1699

doctor1750

fake1884

to fake up1885

phoney1940

bodgie1969

1940 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. 12/3 Mr. Broady testified that alleged transcripts of these conversations, had been ‘doctored and phonied up’.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §207/12 Disguised,..phonied up.

1952 New Yorker 26 July 43 I ain't phoneying them woids.

1972 B. F. Conners Don't embarrass Bureau (1973) ii. 200 It's tough for a cop to stay completely honest... It's like an agent who won't phoney his overtime.

1993 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 215/3 At first we thought it might be Hoover's head stuck onto another body, a sort of trick picture, phonied up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phoney
释义	phoneyadj.n. Brit. /ˈfəʊni/, U.S. /ˈfoʊni/ Forms: 1800s– phoney, 1800s– phony, 1900s– faune (U.S., nonstandard). Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fawney n. Etymology: Probably a variant of fawney n. (compare fawney n. 2).It is uncertain whether the following, from a private letter from a soldier during the American Civil War, shows an earlier example of this word, or perhaps a nonstandard spelling for funny adj. (for further discussion see Trans. Philol. Soc. 109 (2011) 1–11):1862 B. Moody Let. 25 Apr. in M. Lane Dear Mother (1977) 116/2 They keep skirmishing along the line. I will tell you of a phoney scrape and also a serious one, too. Originally U.S. colloquial. A. adj. Fake, sham, counterfeit; false; insincere.In the 19th cent. chiefly Horse Racing slang, with reference to unofficial bookmakers issuing betting slips on which they do not intend to pay out. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] fainta1340 counterfeit1393 pretense1395 feinta1400 feigned1413 disguisyc1430 colourable1433 pretending1434 simulate1435 dissimuled1475 simulative1490 coloureda1500 dissimulate?a1500 simuled1526 colorate1528 dissembled1539 mock1548 devised1552 pretended?1553 artificial1564 supposed1566 counterfeited1569 supposing?1574 affecteda1586 pretensive1607 false1609 supposite1611 simulara1616 simulatory1618 simulated1622 put-ona1625 ironic1631 ironical1646 devisable1659 pretensional1659 pretenced1660 pretensory1663 vizarded1663 shammed?c1677 sham1681 faux1684 fictitious1739 ostensible1762 made-up1773 mala fide1808 assumed1813 semblative1814 fictioned1820 pretextual1837 pseudo1854 fictive1855 schlenter1881 faked1890 phoney1893 phantom1897 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adjective] feignedc1374 unplaina1393 hollowa1529 hollow-hearted1549 foul1550 unsincere1577 insincere1634 unsound1714 lip-deep1802 lip-born1872 phoney1951 pseud1962 1893 Chicago Tribune 29 June 6/2 Many of the ‘phony’ bookmakers in the ring had not enough play to keep them alive. 1896 Washington Post 3 Mar. 8 Detective McGlue and Policeman Cooney captured two men yesterday in the act of working a clever ‘phoney’ game on the residents of the Third Precinct. 1900 G. Ade More Fables 138 ‘Overlook all the Phoney Acting by the Little Lady, Bud,’ said the Fireman. 1924 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 204/1 Hope you didn't mind when I gave you a phony name. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 2 May 8/7 A line of argument..which I have long suspected is quite phoney. 1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye ii. 19 They had this headmaster, Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life. 1977 Guardian Weekly 27 Feb. 9/2 At this stage of phoney peace, the Americans are being careful to say or do nothing that might alarm Israel. 1988 P. Brook Shifting Point (1989) 64 Perhaps he might believe that he was taking his place in ritual theatre—but while seeming hieratic to himself he would just seem phoney to us. 2003 Total DVD Dec. 95/2 Total Movie, the mini mag that looks beyond Hollywood's phoney tinsel to find the real tinsel! B. n. A fake or counterfeit thing; a false or insincere person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles feigner1382 pseudo1402 simular1526 simuler1534 colourer1554 counterfeiter1561 truphane1568 counterfeit1574 put-forth1581 pretender1583 impostor1586 idol1590 would-be1607 phantasm1622 farce1696 imposture1699 Barmecide1713 simulator1835 fraud1850 sham1850 fake1855 swindle1858 shammer1861 make-believe1863 hoax1869 economizer1874 make-believer1884 ringer1896 phoney1902 faker1910 shill1976 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [noun] > insincere person lip-comfortera1815 pseudo1829 lip-worshippera1846 lip-server1860 phoney1952 pseud1954 jive-ass1964 1902 C. L. Cullen Six Ex-tank Tales 99 If youse tinks f'r a minnit dat youse is goin' t' git away wit' a phony like dat wit' me youse is got hay in y'r hemp, dat's wot. 1916 San Francisco Call & Post 28 Nov. 12 ‘Don't Mr. Jenks know a lot of people?’ ‘They're all phonies.’ 1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm xi. 170 He's probably gone to the trouble to check the first lot and found that they're phoneys. 1952 C. Armstrong Black-eyed Stranger i. 5 Lynch is no international jewel thief. He's a tired old phony. 1971 S. E. Morison European Discov. Amer.: Northern Voy. iii. 79 Adolf Rieth..tells of European false runic inscriptions and other famous phonies, one of which, the ‘turkey frieze’ in Schleswig Cathedral, pertains to America. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero ii. 21 I thought he was a total phony and wanted no part of his friendship. Compounds phoney war n. the period of comparative inaction at the beginning of the Second World War between the German invasion of Poland (September 1939) and that of Norway (April 1940); (also) any confrontation involving similar inaction; cf. sitzkrieg n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > cold war political warfare1765 propaganda war1838 white war1931 phoney war1939 sitzkrieg1940 cold war1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > instance of showa1500 making-upa1525 shine?1529 face1542 varnish1565 copy of one's countenance1579 false1598 mock-beggar1603 mockerya1616 umbrage1634 simulacrum1833 phoney war1939 1939 Nation (N.Y.) 30 Sept. 336/2 Senator Borah talks about a ‘phony’ war and contemplates with democratic disgust the intrenched power of the British Empire. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 July 25 During the eight months of the ‘phoney’ war everything seemed to be running smoothly between Great Britain and France. 1947 Partisan Rev. 14 347 Within each state the necessary psychological atmosphere would be kept up by complete severance from the outer world, and by a continuous phony war against rival states. 1964 New Statesman 4 Sept. 301/2 The electoral phoney war is almost over. 1972 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 2/6 A curious ‘phoney war’ atmosphere has pervaded Ulster during the past few days. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xix. 166/1 This was the period of the ‘phoney war’ or as some firemen dubbed it ‘the Sitzkrieg’ as they waited for the attack on London which must surely come. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). phoneyv. Brit. /ˈfəʊni/, U.S. /ˈfoʊni/ Forms: 1900s– phoney, 1900s– phony. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: phoney adj. Etymology: < phoney adj. slang (chiefly U.S.). transitive. To counterfeit, make up, falsify. Frequently with up. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] forgec1386 contrivec1400 commentc1450 dissimule1483 devisea1535 invent1535 fable1553 coin1561 to make upc1650 manufacture1700 to tell the tale1717 fabricate1779 concoct1792 fob1805 mythologize1851 fabulate1856 phoney1940 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] forgec1330 counterfeitc1386 feign1484 flamc1500 adulterate?1526 mint1593 fashion1600 fudge1674 sham1699 doctor1750 fake1884 to fake up1885 phoney1940 bodgie1969 1940 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. 12/3 Mr. Broady testified that alleged transcripts of these conversations, had been ‘doctored and phonied up’. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §207/12 Disguised,..phonied up. 1952 New Yorker 26 July 43 I ain't phoneying them woids. 1972 B. F. Conners Don't embarrass Bureau (1973) ii. 200 It's tough for a cop to stay completely honest... It's like an agent who won't phoney his overtime. 1993 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 215/3 At first we thought it might be Hoover's head stuck onto another body, a sort of trick picture, phonied up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1893v.1940
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