A fork of Rural Dictionary
fake, false, insubstantial, superficial (from Italian)
That bag of bones over there is totally fugazi.
Someone who acts tough, but once separated from their crew and is singled out, backs down from any challenge
Tim Thomas: That Kenyon Martin is such a fugazy
Adjective: Fraudulent or of bad or inferior quality.
The Miami Hurricanes suck this year, they're fugazi.
Fugazi is a derivation from an Italian word fugazi, "fake". Nothing, it's gone, none existent, no such thing exists
Mark Hanna: It’s all a fugazi. Do you know what fugazi is?
Jordan Belfort: Fugazi, it’s a fake…
Mark Hanna: Yeah, fugazi, fogazi. It’s a wazi, it’s a woozi. It’s…fairy dust. It doesn’t exist, it’s never landed, it is no matter, it’s not on the elemental charge. It’s not fucking real.
Jordan Belfort: Right.
Mark Hanna: Alright?
Jordan Belfort: Right.
-The Wolf Of Wall Street