At Rosebank mall in Johannesburg

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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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