phony

• adj.偽物、欺瞞に満ちた
• n. 偽造品、偽物

phoneyのアメリカでの綴りから。

phony (adj.)

also phoney, "not genuine," 1899, perhaps an alteration of fawney "gilt brass ring used by swindlers."

His most successful swindle was selling "painted" or "phony" diamonds. He had a plan of taking cheap stones, and by "doctoring" them make them have a brilliant and high class appearance. His confederates would then take the diamonds to other pawnbrokers and dispose of them. ["The Jewelers Review," New York, April 5, 1899]

The noun meaning "phony person or thing" is attested from 1902.

1. The phony glamour of night clubs soon became stale and boring.

ナイトクラブのような見栄っ張りなにぎやかさはやがて新味を失って嫌になる。

2.He was burned by that phony stock deal.

彼はその偽株売買にだまされた。

3.That man is a total phony ，he palms himself off as a Ph.d.

あいつは徹底した偽物で、博士だと偽っている。

4.New name, phony passport anal identification.

名前を変更しました。偽パスポート、偽身分証明書を使用しています。

5.It worked because it was not just a phony meet-the-people campaign.

それが機能しているのは、単に有権者に会うための虚偽の選挙活動ではないからだ。