funny moneyn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌnɪ ˌmʌni/, U.S.

/ˈfəni ˌməni/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: funny adj., money n.

Etymology: < funny adj. + money n.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

1. Counterfeit currency.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > counterfeit note(s)

screen1789

scrieve1800

shoful1828

green goods1856

stiff one1895

funny money1901

slush1924

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > counterfeit money

queer1819

boodle1822

shoful1828

sheen1839

slug1887

funny money1901

1901 North Judson (Indiana) News 26 Dec. The ‘funny money’ has again appeared, and lead dollars and alluminum [sic] quarters are in circulation.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §467/3 Counterfeit money. Bad dough,..funny money.

1979 W. H. Wheeler Counterfeit! i. 2 ‘Money from nowhere. Counterfeit money.’ ‘Funny money, huh?’ said Jack.

2013 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 23 Feb. 4 (headline) Could you spot funny money? Shop staff trained to weed out forged banknotes.

2. Currency issued by a government as a measure to increase the amount of money circulating in an economy; currency which has been devalued by inflation resulting from such policies.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > a devalued sum

funny money1935

1935 H. S. Johnson Blue Eagle from Egg to Earth xxx. 418 When a nation starts to print money or issue funny money..that money gets to be utterly worthless.

1948 N.Y. Herald Tribune 8 July 16/2 Ever since the last days of the war the German mark has been so greatly inflated that it has been ridiculed..as ‘funny money’.

1968 Financial Times 12 Mar. 16/4 The Germans..know a bit about inflation and funny money.

2016 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 16 Oct. The £435billion of funny money pumped into the economy by the Bank of England since 2009 in so-called ‘quantitative easing’.

3. Financial assets which have been created or amassed by incomprehensible or unscrupulous accounting.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > created by unscrupulous or incomprehensible means

blood money1819

black money1939

funny money1969

1969 A. J. Briloff in Financial Analysts Jrnl. 25 76/1 LTV did develop some serious indisposition since they could not flim-flam the fact that they gave real hard money (not ‘funny money’—i.e., corporate stock) for the 53 per cent interest.

1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 16 Oct. 88 Critics say that some proposals look suspiciously like the ‘funny money’ deals of a decade ago.

1986 T. Barling Smoke ii. 55 And Sadler's got a name for asset-stripping, gutting sick companies for quick profits. It's been whispered Tommy Troy's pulled himself a funny-money man.

2004 Observer (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Cash section) 5 Previous accounting methods have been thrown out, inviting cynics to conclude that it was all funny money after all.

4. An absurdly or unfathomably large amount of money; an unjustifiable or immoderate sum.silly money n. at silly adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3 is the more usual phrase in this context.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > ridiculously large amount of money

funny money1986

1986 Washington Post 15 June g2/1 The need to pay funny money to lure the stars away from other houses.

2000 Irish Times 7 Jan. 17/2 Morons from the world of football or pop music, being paid funny money for having the IQ of a plank of wood.

2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 Dec. (Features section) 15 Funny-money transfer deals and wage packets to make a banker blush have bred an ethos which has turned young athletes into wealthy yobs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	funny money
释义	funny moneyn. Brit. /ˈfʌnɪ ˌmʌni/, U.S. /ˈfəni ˌməni/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: funny adj., money n. Etymology: < funny adj. + money n. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. Counterfeit currency. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > counterfeit note(s) screen1789 scrieve1800 shoful1828 green goods1856 stiff one1895 funny money1901 slush1924 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > counterfeit money queer1819 boodle1822 shoful1828 sheen1839 slug1887 funny money1901 1901 North Judson (Indiana) News 26 Dec. The ‘funny money’ has again appeared, and lead dollars and alluminum [sic] quarters are in circulation. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §467/3 Counterfeit money. Bad dough,..funny money. 1979 W. H. Wheeler Counterfeit! i. 2 ‘Money from nowhere. Counterfeit money.’ ‘Funny money, huh?’ said Jack. 2013 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 23 Feb. 4 (headline) Could you spot funny money? Shop staff trained to weed out forged banknotes. 2. Currency issued by a government as a measure to increase the amount of money circulating in an economy; currency which has been devalued by inflation resulting from such policies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > a devalued sum funny money1935 1935 H. S. Johnson Blue Eagle from Egg to Earth xxx. 418 When a nation starts to print money or issue funny money..that money gets to be utterly worthless. 1948 N.Y. Herald Tribune 8 July 16/2 Ever since the last days of the war the German mark has been so greatly inflated that it has been ridiculed..as ‘funny money’. 1968 Financial Times 12 Mar. 16/4 The Germans..know a bit about inflation and funny money. 2016 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 16 Oct. The £435billion of funny money pumped into the economy by the Bank of England since 2009 in so-called ‘quantitative easing’. 3. Financial assets which have been created or amassed by incomprehensible or unscrupulous accounting. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > created by unscrupulous or incomprehensible means blood money1819 black money1939 funny money1969 1969 A. J. Briloff in Financial Analysts Jrnl. 25 76/1 LTV did develop some serious indisposition since they could not flim-flam the fact that they gave real hard money (not ‘funny money’—i.e., corporate stock) for the 53 per cent interest. 1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 16 Oct. 88 Critics say that some proposals look suspiciously like the ‘funny money’ deals of a decade ago. 1986 T. Barling Smoke ii. 55 And Sadler's got a name for asset-stripping, gutting sick companies for quick profits. It's been whispered Tommy Troy's pulled himself a funny-money man. 2004 Observer (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Cash section) 5 Previous accounting methods have been thrown out, inviting cynics to conclude that it was all funny money after all. 4. An absurdly or unfathomably large amount of money; an unjustifiable or immoderate sum.silly money n. at silly adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3 is the more usual phrase in this context. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > ridiculously large amount of money funny money1986 1986 Washington Post 15 June g2/1 The need to pay funny money to lure the stars away from other houses. 2000 Irish Times 7 Jan. 17/2 Morons from the world of football or pop music, being paid funny money for having the IQ of a plank of wood. 2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 Dec. (Features section) 15 Funny-money transfer deals and wage packets to make a banker blush have bred an ethos which has turned young athletes into wealthy yobs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1901
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