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So what Jefferson was saying was "Hey! You know, we left this England place because it was bogus. So if we dont get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, well just be bogus too."
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bogus — bo‧gus [ˈbəʊgəs ǁ ˈboʊ ] adjective informal LAW not real, but dishonestly pretending to be something or someone: • They issue certificates of deposits, often based on fictitious assets such as bogus gold mines. • bogus claims of injury by their… … Financial and business terms
Bogus — can mean: *Not genuine; spurious *Of computer programs, not working * Bogus (film), a 1996 film starring Whoopi Goldberg *Bogus Basin mountain resort in Idaho *Mr. Bogus, a 1992 animationee also*BogoMips *Bogon *Bogosort *Quantum bogodynamics … Wikipedia
bogus — I adjective affected, artificial, counterfeit, false, phony, sham, spurious, unauthentic, ungenuine, unreal, untrue associated concepts: bogus ceremony, bogus certificate, bogus check II index assumed (feigned) … Law dictionary
Bogus — Données clés Réalisation Norman Jewison Scénario Norman Jewison Arnon Milchan Jeff Rothberg Acteurs principaux Whoopi Goldberg Gérard Depardieu Haley Joel Osment Pays d’origine États Unis … Wikipédia en Français
bogus — 1838, counterfeit money, spurious coin, Amer.Eng., apparently from a slang word applied (according to some sources first in Ohio in 1827) to a counterfeiter s apparatus. One bogus or machine impressing dies on the coin, with a number of dies,… … Etymology dictionary
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.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bogus — Bo gus, n. A liquor made of rum and molasses. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
BOGUS — Rex Maurusiorum, Antonii partes sequebatur in Actiaca pugna. Strab. l. 8 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
bogus — adj *counterfeit, spurious, fake, sham, pseudo, pinchbeck, phony Analogous words: fraudulent, deceitful, deceptive (see corresponding nouns at IMPOSTURE): duping, hoaxing, gulling, hoodwinking (see DUPE) Contrasted words: *authentic, genuine,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bogus — [adj] counterfeit artificial, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, not what it is cracked up to be*, phony, pretended, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious; concept 582 Ant. authentic, genuine, real … New thesaurus
bogus — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not genuine or true. DERIVATIVES bogusly adverb bogusness noun. ORIGIN originally US, denoting a machine for making counterfeit money: of unknown origin … English terms dictionary