Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bogus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bogus \Bo"gus\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied
to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.
[Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bogus \Bo"gus\, n.
A liquor made of rum and molasses. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bogus
adj : fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: {fake}, {phony},
{phoney}, {bastard}]
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