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- adjective
comparative form ofphony : morephony
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Examples
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With a show like DH, there would be no way to send everyone off with a happy 'lil bow tied around their troubles without things feeling phonier than certain body parts among the cast.
Watercooler: Is It Time to Pull the Plug on Desperate Housewives? 2011
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He becomes even phonier and says his conscience is at stake because we are holding soccer "hostage."
Stadium switcheroo -- must the construction go out for bid now? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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He becomes even phonier and says his conscience is at stake because we are holding soccer "hostage."
Stadium switcheroo -- must the construction go out for bid now? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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You make a good point about Vampire Diaries' ruthlessness when it comes to sacrificing characters and I marvel at the way that show burns through story, but I have to say that True Blood does a better job for me at conveying a milieu, which is to say I believe in Bon Temps and feel transported there in a way I don't where the phonier Mystic Falls is concerned.
Ask Matt: Emmy Reactions, Plus True Blood, Glee, and More! 2011
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Holbrooke felt the police numbers were phony and getting phonier, so he had dispatched some of his staff to Afghanistan to look into things.
Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010
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You think Edwards is phonier than hell, (and phonier than I do), yet I'M out of line because of the particular link I chose for the hedge fund reference?
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I live in Massachusetts so know Good Ol 'Mitt Romney from way back and there's never been a phonier, more supercilious human on the planet.
Poll: Romney Leading In Iowa ��� And Huckabee In Second Place 2009
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NOTE: Even that even phonier fat idiot Zine turned on his Nooch and Cooley on this issue on Monday!
Morning Briefs and Outtakes on Strict Interpretion of Laws, Budgets, Building Codes and Other News 2009
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NOTE: Even that even phonier fat idiot Zine turned on his Nooch and Cooley on this issue on Monday!
Morning Briefs and Outtakes on Strict Interpretion of Laws, Budgets, Building Codes and Other News 2009
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But Edwards is now no longer my second choice -- not just because of this stunt but because his transformation this year from a moderate to a Kossack and from Mr. Sunshine to Huey Long is far phonier than even the admittedly somewhat phony Hillary reinventions we all have witnessed over the years.
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