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funge¹

Where it comes from

From Old French *funge, from Latin fungus.

noun funges

  1. obsolete A fungus.
  2. obsolete A fool or simpleton. Be not ashamed of thy birth then, thou art a gentleman all the world over, and shalt be honoured, whenas he, strip him of his fine clothes, dispossess him of his wealth, is a funge […]

funge²

  • /fʌnd͜ʒ/ US

Where it comes from

Back-formation from fungible, as in non-fungible token.

verb funges · funging · funged

  1. transitive to substitute for a practically equivalent good or unit For quotations using this term, see Citations:funge.
  2. intransitive, transitive to be substituted thus
  3. humorous, transitive To steal an NFT; to copy the image or other data associated with the NFT. The most expensive NFT to date was sold for $91.8 million. If that doesn’t make you want to throw up, regain your composure, then enlist in the noble crusade to funge tokens until the day you die, then I’m afraid you’re already a willing prisoner to the blockchain and my sworn enemy.
  4. euphemistic, humorous Euphemistic form of fuck GET FUNGED
  5. humorous A meaningless nonce word used to make fun of NFTs. Why is it non-fungible? Why don’t I want it to be funged?

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"funge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/funge. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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funge. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/funge

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"funge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/funge.

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@misc{funge_2026,
  title = {funge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/funge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}