fugazy

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of fugazi.

   You don't want a girl like me, I'm too crazy / but every other girl you meet is fugazy

   2018 May 30, Adam Levine et al., “Girls Like You (Remix)”, in Red Pill Blues, performed by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B

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   That broad wouldn't have no fugazy diamonds in her house. We had information the broad didn't have no fake jewelry. It's three fucking carats!

   1987, Joseph D[ominick] Pistone, with Richard Woolley, Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (A Signet Book), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN; republished as Donnie Brasco, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 2014, →ISBN

plural fugazies

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fugazi.

   I took the diamond and looked it over. "I wouldn't get too excited about it," I said, "because this is fake, a fugazy." [...] "It's a fugazy," I said. "Take it home for your kid to play with."

   1987, Joseph D[ominick] Pistone, with Richard Woolley, Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (A Signet Book), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN; republished as Donnie Brasco, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 2014, →ISBN

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   Stoner examined the Rolex after Mike handed it to him. He said, "Are you sure this is the real thing Mike? Most of the Rolex's out on the street are fugazy's." He used the street term for phony jewelry, but Mike knew exactly what he meant. "Hey Jack, you're gonna offend me if you talk like that. This ain't no fugazy. I've been dealing hot jewels long enough to know what I'm looking at.["]

   2003, Jeff Kaye, chapter 7, in Two Faces Have I, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 55

   The primacy of this immortality system to the officer's overall sense of self can be glimpsed in the fact that retired officers typically acquire a "dupe" or "fugazy"—a full-sized replica of the shield they surrendered. Often partners or workmates will present these "dupes" at a retirement party, symbolizing the recipient's continued connection to policing and the police identity.

   2004, Vincent E. Henry, “‘Becoming a Cop’: Basic Social and Psychological Processes”, in Death Work: Police, Trauma, and the Psychology of Survival, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 97

   Benny was taking individual bills from his banded packs, holding them up. / "What are you looking for?" she said. / "Fugazies. Counterfeit. I wouldn't put it past Joey, his last joke on everybody."

   2012, Wallace Stroby, chapter 18, in Kings of Midnight: A Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN

   Fans in the Zelig's section were starting to spot the fugazies and snarling about those phonies dropping five grand to be a spectator of history and not really caring about the beloved Rangers.

   2019, John Mazzullo, A Cup Story, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, →ISBN