Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wig and falsies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: wig and -falsies
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attempt to make something look like something else without significantly altering its core functionality.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Don't put a fake wig and falsies on your advertised product."
"I am a consummate, dyed-in-the-wool, classic Eudora fan, and Mozilla Thunderbird - or for that matter any three-pane user interface email client dating back to Claris Emailer - is simply not my cup of tea, so dressing T-bird up in a Eudora wig and falsies is not going to cut it for me, or a lot of other Eudora aficionados."

Etymology

An allusion to cross-dressing.

Usage

Colloquial

Questions

What does wig and falsies mean?: An attempt to make something look like something else without significantly altering its core functionality.
Where does wig and falsies come from?: An allusion to cross-dressing.

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