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"phoney"?

• bartislartfast 4y ago
  phony? did I spell it wrong?
  • biorach 4y ago
    Not the spelling, the etymology - what Irish word is it derived from?
    • bartislartfast 4y ago
      from "fainne" which means ring. Making fake rings was apparently a common enough scam that it gave its name to fawney which became phony
      • biorach 4y ago
        damn, new one on me