funny money
Phony cash flow
Funny money is counterfeit currency or money obtained through dubious means.
The term extends to currency that seems unstable or worthless: With inflation this bad, we're all trading in funny money.
It also describes accounting tricks or financial figures that don't reflect reality: The company's books were full of funny money.
Creating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- fakeNot the real thing
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
fraudulent · falsified · spurious · imitation · sham · knockoff · replica · unauthorized
Intentional criminal trickery
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
trickery · scheme · rip-off · grift · flimflam · racket · phishing · embezzlement
Sustained price level increase
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- devaluedLowered in worth
- debasedReduced in worth
worthless · crash · collapse · bubble · crisis · volatile · Weimar · wheelbarrow
forgery
Creating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- fakeNot the real thing
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
phony · fraudulent · falsified · spurious · imitation · sham · knockoff · replica · unauthorized · illicit
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
deception · trickery · scheme · rip-off · grift · flimflam · racket · phishing · embezzlement · chicanery
inflation
Sustained price level increase
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- devaluedLowered in worth
debased · worthless · crash · collapse · bubble · crisis · volatile · Weimar · wheelbarrow · printing press
Monopoly
Property trading board game
playtime · imaginary · gamepiece · toy · props · children · roleplay · make-believe · playhouse · dress-up
- fakesfake, fakes, counterfeit, counterfeits, imitation
- counterfeitingcounterfeit currency, counterfeit bills, counterfeit cash, fake money, fake bills
- rhyming reduplicativesflip flop, hip hop, tip top, zigzag, ping pong
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- financial crimesbank fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud
funny moneylegal tender
Officially recognized payment medium
real money · hard currency · sound money · cold hard cash · the real thing
funny moneyhard currency
Physical money, not digital
sound money · real money · gold standard · reserve currency · gold