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  1. fugaziadjective

    Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair.

  2. Etymology: . It be an acronym of "fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in" (a body bag). Alternatively, it may derive from fougasse.

Wikipedia

  1. Fugazi

    Fugazi (; foo-GAH-zee) is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They are noted for their style-transcending music, DIY ethical stance, manner of business practice, and contempt for the music industry. Fugazi has performed numerous worldwide tours and produced six studio albums, a film, and a comprehensive live series, gaining the band critical acclaim and success around the world. Highly influential on punk and alternative music, the band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2003.

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  1. Fugazi

    Fugazi is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band's continual members are guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty. Fugazi are noted for their DIY ethical stance, manner of business practice and contempt towards the music industry. Fugazi have performed numerous worldwide tours, produced six studio albums, a film and a comprehensive live series, gaining the band critical acclaim and success around the world. Fugazi has been on indefinite hiatus since 2003.

Rap Dictionary

  1. fugaziadjective

    Italian, meaning "fake." (Although it sounds like it, Fugazi is NOT an italian word, it might be a family name and it might have been used by italian-americans (not sure), but it has no meaning in italian. - A native italian) also an acronym for the words F**ked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In. Reference restaurant supplies from Vietnam war, describing an ambush and the loading of soldiers House in Phuket into body bags afterward. (May not be an actual rap reference, just another meaning of the spielautomaten word, this is the meaning referred to by the D.C. Hardcore band of the same name) Also an Italian gangster Stafford DUI lawyer term for fake diamonds specifically. Used in the movie Donnie Brasco.

  2. fugaziadjective

    Actually it was used in a rap song - "Still Ballin'" by 2Pac and Trick Daddy. In Trick's part (verse 2,line 8) he raps "Plus your homeboy won't make it, street game Fugazi", although weight loss pills I'm not sure about the "street game" part, since ohhla.com incorrectly roupas da moda quoted Trick as saying "When he's gone, devolve I become a dangerous man", when it's actually "When there's guns involved I become a dangerous man".

  3. fugaziadjective

    Eminem already used this word in a song called "Fight music", there it goes: "I came to save these new free scratch cards no deposit generations of babies from parents who food gift baskets failed to raise 'em cause they're lazy to grow to praise me I'm makin 'em go crazy That's how I got this whole nation to embrace me And you --> fugazi <-- if you think I'ma admit wrong I cripple any hypocritic critic I'm sic'd on"

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Fugazi in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Fugazi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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  • Archie Bishop
    Archie Bishop
    Too bad the only part of this that is correct is the stuff about the band.
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