For years ‘bogus’ was a word the British read in newspaper headlines but tended not to say. Its popularity among the teenagers of America changed that, although they didn’t use with its original meaning. It came from the Wild West. Its first appearance in print, in 1827, was in the Telegraph of Painesville, Ohio, where it meant a machine for making (1) ______________________ of coins. Soon, those ‘boguses’ were turning out ‘bogus money’ and the word had (2) _______________________ a change from noun to adjective. By the end of 19th century, it was well-established in Britain, applied to anything false, spurious or intentionally (3) ______________________. French word ‘bagasse’, meaning the refuse from sugar-cane production. | FORGE GO LEAD |
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