| Poser |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Nov 2026 |
| Baloney descriptor |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2026 |
| Inauthentic |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2026 |
| Totally sus, say |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2026 |
| Like plastic smiles |
The Washington Post Mini |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Mock husband bitten by small horse |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Inauthentic person |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2025 |
| Animal eating hard humbug (5) |
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| Fake |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Fake |
Commuter |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Forged |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Counterfeit |
Universal |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Concocted |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Total fake |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Insincere |
Commuter |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Knockoff |
New York Times |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Fake |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Fake |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2023 |
| Full of beans |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Charlatan |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Bogus |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Bogus |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Counterfeit |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2021 |
| Counterfeit |
Newsday |
02 May 2021 |
| Fake |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Apr 2021 |
| Pretender |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Pretender |
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| Apt rhyme for 'baloney' |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Hypocrite, e.g |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Insincere |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Spurious |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Mock |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Poser |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2019 |
| Poser |
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| Spurious |
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| Faker |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2018 |
| Plastic |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Faker |
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| Faker than fake |
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| Like so-called "Monopoly money" |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2017 |
| Counterfeit |
Universal |
27 Aug 2017 |
| Hypocrite, say |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Ersatz |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2017 |
| Person who's all pretense |
New York Times |
24 May 2017 |
| Bogus |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Bogus |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Henry taken in by five fivers, counterfeit |
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| Bogus |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2017 |
| Hypocrite, say |
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| Bogus |
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| Ersatz |
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| Like so-called "Monopoly money" |
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| Counterfeit |
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| Person who's all pretense |
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| Fake |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Counterfeit |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2015 |
| Fake |
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| Counterfeit |
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| Impostor |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2014 |
| Like a three-dollar bill |
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| Insincere |
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| Impostor |
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| Counterfeit |
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| Insincere type |
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| Insincere |
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| Ersatz |
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| Bogus |
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| One full of baloney |
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| Fake |
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| Frequent insult in "The Catcher in the Rye" |
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| Not genuine |
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| Concocted |
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| Like the 28-Down of underage drinkers |
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| Bogus |
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| Fake |
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| Fake |
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| Fraud |
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| Fraud |
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| Ersatz |
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| Charlatan |
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| Charlatan |
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| Bogus |
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| Hypocrite |
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| Impostor |
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| Impostor |
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| Not legit |
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| Impostor |
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| Deceiving |
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| Like some ID |
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| Impostor |
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| Like a three dollar bill |
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| Quack |
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| Four-flusher |
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| Like a $3 bill |
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| Like a three-dollar bill |
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| Hokey |
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| Not legit |
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| Bogus |
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| Bogus |
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| Counterfeit |
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| Insincere |
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| Imposter |
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| 61 Bogus |
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| Ersatz |
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| Sham |
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| Sham |
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| Fake |
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| Ersatz |
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| Like a three-dollar bill |
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| Like stage money |
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| Adjective for a $3 bill |
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| Sham |
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| Like a $3 bill |
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| Fourflusher |
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| Spurious: Slang. |
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| Four-flusher's pal. |
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| Fourflusher. |
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| False: Slang. |
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| Not genuine: Slang. |
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| Like a gold brick. |
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| Four-flusher. |
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| Imposter: Slang. |
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