

A similar theme was explored in the excellent crime drama The Mechanic. From that point on, Donnie is in with Lefty, a troubled, lonely man who wants someone to follow in his footsteps. After a bit of verbal sparring, the two men go to find the man who gave the ring to Lefty, relieving him of his Porsche in lieu of the fake diamond ring. After a quick inspection, Brasco pronounced it "a fugazi" - a counterfeit. "Don da Jeweler" gets approached privately by a real mafioso, Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino) who wanted to sell a hot diamond ring.

The word " Fugazi" popped up in the film Donnie Brasco with Al Pacino.See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.Allegedly an acronym for " fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in". Ex He is fugazi, or that item or watch is fugazi.

I spread throughout the neighborhood and was expanded to label anyone or anything that was a phony. My brother lied to my mother saying he was working for the limo company because she was on his back to get a job.
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It originated from the Fugazy Limousine tv commercials featuring Bob "Fugazy" Hope. The word Fugazi originated in the Morris Park section of the Bronx circa 1972.Mark Hanna: Fugayzi, Fugahzi, it's a wahzi, it's a woozie, it's a (whistles) fairy dust. You know what a fugayzi is? Jordan Belford: No - Fugazi. " Revitalized with the public by the release of the first Wolf of Wall Street, trailer when Mark Hanna (played by Matthew McConaughey) explains to Jordan Belford (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) 26 seconds into the trailer - his thoughts on the forecasting of stock prices Mark Hanna: Nobody knows if a stock is gonna go up, down, sideways or in circles. Used by troops throughout south-east Asia. Acronym: "Fouled Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In" from Vietnam War era (may have started earlier), reputed to have originated with the British Military.
