{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY April 5, 2019---------- brummagem

WORD OF THE DAY April 5, 2019

brummagem    adjective | BRUM-ih-jum     Definition   : not genuine : spurious; also : cheaply showy : tawdry   Scroll down for more about brummagem      TRENDING NOW: redact redacted whitewash exonerate SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   How the Greeks Influenced Our Alphabet       7 Words and Phrases Inspired by the Theater     'Extort': An Old Word Doing a New Thing       Does 'Uninhibited' Contain a Double Negative?         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   The Exceptions Quiz   One of these things is not like the others.     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Brummagem first appeared in the 17th century as an alteration of Birmingham, the name of a city in England. At that time Birmingham was notorious for the counterfeit coins made there, and the word brummagem quickly became associated with things forged or inauthentic. By the 19th century, Birmingham had become a chief manufacturer of cheap trinkets and gilt jewelry, and again the word brummagem followed suit—it came to describe that which is showy on the outside but essentially of low quality. Perhaps the term was something of an annoyance to the people of Birmingham way back when, but nowadays when brummagem is used (which isn't often) it's usually without any conscious reference to the British city.     Examples of BRUMMAGEM   The members of the bachelorette party stumbled out of the limousine with the bride wearing a brummagem tiara and sash.   "Just as critics … conceived high culture in some antithetical relationship to 'middlebrow' or 'kitsch,' which imitated the intelligentsia's culture and blurred the distinction between commodity and art, so too, they warned, the spirit of Christianity now had to be preserved from its brummagem versions…." — Jason W. Stevens, God-Fearing and Free, 2010   Name That Synonym   Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of brummagem: ti _ s _ _.   VIEW THE ANSWER           USAGE NOTES     Is It 'Astrology' or 'Astronomy'?   The difference is written in the stars.   FIND OUT            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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