Definition of furphy in English:

furphy

nounPlural furphies ˈfəːfi

Australian informal

A rumour or story, especially one that is untrue or absurd.
〈澳/新，非正式〉（尤指虚假或荒谬的）谣传，流言
I remembered the schoolyard furphies about sewer gangs
Example sentencesExamples
- Simon Moglia from Victoria Legal Aid says it's a furphy to suggest the powers are not over-reaching.
- The 10% figure often cited, which comes from the Kinsey Report has long been dismissed as a furphy.
- Museum Manager-Curator, Capt Linda Graham, believes the story is a furphy.
- The idea that the enforcement of criminal law is an aspect of foreign policy is odious, and in any country with an independent judicial system, is a furphy.
- Property booms in the UK and NZ also prove that it is a furphy to claim that tax fuelled Australia's boom.
- No, and really, it is a bit of a furphy to suggest that it does.
- There would have been absolutely nothing new in the weak disclosures in company annual reports that started in Australia in the later 1990s, so that's a complete furphy.
- Please, all this talk about ‘getting in on the ground floor’ of new regional security arrangements is nothing but a furphy.
- There's a furphy about losing manufacturing jobs offshore.
- I'm continually told by people I meet about the brilliant presentation they heard which said that this is all a furphy and it's just scaremongering.
Synonyms
rumour, story, report, speculation, insinuation, suggestion, hint

Origin

First World War: from the name painted on water and sanitary carts manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton, Victoria; during the war they became popular as a place where soldiers exchanged gossip, often when visiting the latrines.

Rhymes

murphy, scurfy, surfy, turfy

单词	furphy
释义	Definition of furphy in English: furphy nounPlural furphies ˈfəːfi Australian informal A rumour or story, especially one that is untrue or absurd. 〈澳/新，非正式〉（尤指虚假或荒谬的）谣传，流言 I remembered the schoolyard furphies about sewer gangs Example sentencesExamples Simon Moglia from Victoria Legal Aid says it's a furphy to suggest the powers are not over-reaching. The 10% figure often cited, which comes from the Kinsey Report has long been dismissed as a furphy. Museum Manager-Curator, Capt Linda Graham, believes the story is a furphy. The idea that the enforcement of criminal law is an aspect of foreign policy is odious, and in any country with an independent judicial system, is a furphy. Property booms in the UK and NZ also prove that it is a furphy to claim that tax fuelled Australia's boom. No, and really, it is a bit of a furphy to suggest that it does. There would have been absolutely nothing new in the weak disclosures in company annual reports that started in Australia in the later 1990s, so that's a complete furphy. Please, all this talk about ‘getting in on the ground floor’ of new regional security arrangements is nothing but a furphy. There's a furphy about losing manufacturing jobs offshore. I'm continually told by people I meet about the brilliant presentation they heard which said that this is all a furphy and it's just scaremongering. Synonyms rumour, story, report, speculation, insinuation, suggestion, hint Origin First World War: from the name painted on water and sanitary carts manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton, Victoria; during the war they became popular as a place where soldiers exchanged gossip, often when visiting the latrines. Rhymes murphy, scurfy, surfy, turfy
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