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brummagem 3 years ago

brummagem \BRUHM-uh-juhm\, adjective:
Cheap and showy, tawdry; also, spurious, counterfeit.

But demanding that publishers replace their brummagem wares with books which embody Kunin’s “high standards of excellence” would be a promising - and cost-free - way to begin.
—Betty McCollister, “A Conspiracy of Good Intentions: America’s Textbook Fiasco”, Humanist, November-December, 1993

Best. word. ever.



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