furphy

• Furphy

  Also spelt, furfie: a false or an unreliable rumour or a yarn. [bull shit]

• furphy

  noun a rumor; Derived from the battle fields of World War I, where rumors seems to follow the water carts which were manufactured in Australia by the Furphy company. The US Navy term: "scuttlebutt" also defines a water keg as well as a rumor. Aboard ship was the water keg, where seamen would at times pass on the latest rumors and news amongst each other as they took time to refresh themselves with a drink. (It just goes to show you, if you give men breaks together, they'll sooner or later will be gossiping and starting rumors amongst their co-workers and friends, just like a bunch of clucking hens.)

• furphy

  Wild rumour.

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