furphy
fur·phy
furphy · furphies
An erroneous or improbable storyAn erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.
UK/ˈfɜːfi/US/ˈfɜɹfi/
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, slang)An erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.
спле́тняsplétnja
Translations
1 languagesРусский
erroneous or improbable story:
Origin
From Furphy (a surname), from the firm of J[ohn] Furphy and Sons. An often-repeated etymolFrom Furphy (a surname), from the firm of J[ohn] Furphy and Sons. An often-repeated etymology is that during World War I (1914–1918), Australian soldiers in Europe and the Middle East often stood around water carts manufactured by the firm and emblazoned with its name to talk and exchange news and rumours.
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