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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bogus /ˈbəʊgəs/

▶adjective not genuine or true.

– derivatives
bogusly adverb,
bogusness noun.

– origin C18 (orig. US, denoting a machine for making counterfeit money): perh. from tantrabogus, used to denote any strange-looking apparatus, poss. rel. to Devon dial. tantarabobs ‘the Devil’.

'bogus' also found in these Oxford entries:

pharming - sham - stuff

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