Meanings
plural bogosities
- countablehumorousuncountableThe state or degree of being bogus.
1 more example
When they both had commented sourly and at length about the inflated bogosity of tourist hotel food and particularly the mendacious misuse of the English language to describe materials which had certainly been in various deep-freezes for at least six months, they settled down on the balcony to discuss Bond’s findings of the morning.
1961, Ian Fleming, Thunderball - countablehumorousSomething that is bogus.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -osity.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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