variants
or less commonly phoney
phonier; phoniest
: not genuine or real: such as
a(1)
: intended to deceive or mislead
(2)
: intended to defraud : counterfeit
b
: arousing suspicion : probably dishonest
something phony about the story
c
: having no basis in fact : fictitious
phony publicity stories
phonied; phonying
: counterfeit, fake
—often used with up
a paper phonied up on the spur of the moment—
William Faulkner
variants
or less commonly -phonia
1
: sound
telephony
2
usually -phonia
: speech disorder of a (specified) type
dysphonia
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