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bogus
[ boh-guhs ]
noun
- Printing, Journalism. matter set, by union requirement, by a compositor and later discarded, duplicating the text of an advertisement for which a plate has been supplied or type set by another publisher.
bogus
/ ˈbəʊɡəs /
adjective
- spurious or counterfeit; not genuine
a bogus note
Derived Forms
- ˈbogusly, adverb
- ˈbogusness, noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bogus1
Example Sentences
The man, Joshua Kemp, told what police describe as “a bogus story that quickly fell apart.”
With a nose for bogus facts, Johnson sets out to break the Internet by breaking news.
Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, called that statistic “bogus.”
He opens up about the bogus Midnight Express, Oliver Stone on blow, and his riveting one-man show.
What do they do if they find out there are these bogus parts that can come unscrewed?
"'If you are not a bogus Bunny you will know,'" I read, spreading the message out before me.
She must explain to me how that bogus money came into her possession.
The story of the bogus package had been noised abroad through later messengers and dispatches from the Gap.
Oh, you've lost your nerve since Merriwell and Griswold put up that girl job on you, and Diamond drew you into a bogus duel.
Frank had no notes or accounts that were of any value; they were all bogus and got up to deceive his poor old father and others.
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