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phoney  (phoneys plural ), phony 
1  adj If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. 
INFORMAL, disapproval He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute...  
2  adj If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. 
INFORMAL, disapproval He looks totally phoney to me.  
  Phoney is also a noun., n-count 
`He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered.  

phoney war  , phony war 
A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other or are in competition with each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting. 
 (BRIT)  n-sing 

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