phoney

Modifying Another Word

• not: I know that it sounds terribly naive to Europeans, but it is not phoney - it is the genuine conviction of most Americans.
• probably: It tells us more than Powell's prepared text, and more than the probably phoney intercepts.
• so: The beating scences at the begining and & the makeup are so phoney to be laughable.

Modifies a noun

• war: For the next months a phoney war occurred in which Britain prepared for a German invasion.
• consultation: It is no coincidence that he is pressing ahead with a phoney consultation on nuclear power.
• debate: EIS officials are currently organizing a phoney debate, with local meetings to be held after the ballot papers have been sent out.
• name: Having previously given the police phoney names, they were all soon identified.
• scheme: They are the driving force behind factory farming, which they cloak with spin and phoney assurance schemes, as Viva!
• accounting: Moreover, they never acknowledge how deep the phoney accounting runs.

Used with adjective complement

look: Avoid unpainted hardwood and UPVC windows and doors as they always look phoney.