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发帖数: 27294 | 1 今天Webster的word of the day, 大家猜是啥：“brummagem”--意思是not genuine，
cheaply showy--show假货和便宜货的意思。。。。汗。ring any bells? 哈哈
我今天看见这个update，就觉得忍俊不禁。跟大家分享分享。词源解释是这样的，17世
纪的英国城市伯明翰（Birmingham)，以铸造假币闻名。很快的伯明翰成了假货的代言
地。19世纪，当地已经发展出了非常发达的便宜镀金首饰的出产地，于是Brummagem这
个词出现了，特指闪闪发光的发表却低劣品质的商品。
（ By the 19th century, Birmingham had become a chief manufacturer of cheap
trinkets and gilt jewelry, and again the word "brummagem" followed suit --
it came to describe that which is showy on the outside but essentially of
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