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/fuˈɡɑːzi/ · adjective
(US, chiefly military, especially during the Vietnam War era, slang) Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair..
The two of them were getting bombed on bami-bam, beer, and joints laced with opium. That made answers to questions a long time in coming. "Hey, man, what the fuck can I tell you," said Robbie finally. "All fugazi over here. All fucked up. Number ten. The worst. Don't matter what goes down in this asshole country, know what I mean? Hey, papa-san, don't believe everything you hear, okay?"
We didn't know anything was fugazi* until we got to a certain place in the South China Sea. A loudspeaker came over the air, "This is your captain speaking. Be advised that your destination is Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam."
First time I met her. we were stuck on recon. far from the AO. deep in Indian country. the ops completely fugazi. the horn dead. and my BTO sick as skunkrot. She comes creeping by our ditch.
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!
JON GRAVELLI: You don't need me to tell you that it's all fugazi; faker than a pair of Vinewood tits.
Some of Dean Martin's Italian songs are the real thing, others are fugazi. Even so, when he sings a genuine Italian song, he often Americanizes it: [...]
You don't want a girl like me, I'm too crazy / but every other girl you meet is fugazy
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."
Use fugazi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fugazi means (US, chiefly military, especially during the Vietnam War era, slang) Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair..
Common synonyms include FUBAR, banjaxed, broken, bum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The two of them were getting bombed on bami-bam, beer, and joints laced with opium. That made answers to questions a long time in coming. "Hey, man, what the fuck can I tell you," said Robbie finally. "All fugazi over here. All fucked up. Number ten. The worst. Don't matter what goes down in this asshole country, know what I mean? Hey, papa-san, don't believe everything you hear, okay?"
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