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No problem! You just have to get one of them thar pre-2020 degrees.
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@Aviva_Gary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fugazi
Fake, bogus, imposter, fraud.
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@josh @AnarchoNinaWrites @Aviva_Gary
That Merriam-Webster entry also has:
...probably from the surname Fugazi or Fugazy, altered from the Italian surname Fugazzi
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@billseitz @Aviva_Gary @AnarchoNinaWrites
Yeah, the MW entry refs that story, saying "The attempt to explain fugazi as a Vietnam War acronym from "fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in (a body bag)," is assuredly after the fact (i.e., a backronym)."