At Rosebank mall in Johannesburg

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[–] 31 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What I was trying to say is that that's not Italian. It's US English :)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Since you said it was possibly a surname, my guess is that someone named Fugazi was a well known counterfeiter for the mob, and the Italian Americans started using it as slang.

    https://lemmy.zip/comment/28532982

    According to this, I was almost right. He owned a limousine rental service with the ad tag line, "look like a rich guy." So he was creating "fake riches."

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