facetious (adjective)
Playfully jocular; humorous. (AHD)
Playfully jocular; humorous. (AHD)
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. (NOA)
Joking or jesting often inappropriately. Meant to be humorous or funny; not serious. (MW)
Not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever. Not seriously meaning what you say, usually in an attempt to be humorous or to trick someone. (CD)
Cleverly amusing in tone. It has come to describe a joke with a little drop of sarcasm. It used to simply mean funny and witty, but now it often implies that someone is being inappropriately funny about a serious topic. (VC)
factitious (adjective)
Artificially created or developed. (NOA)
Joking or jesting often inappropriately. Meant to be humorous or funny; not serious. (MW)
Not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever. Not seriously meaning what you say, usually in an attempt to be humorous or to trick someone. (CD)
Cleverly amusing in tone. It has come to describe a joke with a little drop of sarcasm. It used to simply mean funny and witty, but now it often implies that someone is being inappropriately funny about a serious topic. (VC)
factitious (adjective)
Artificially created or developed. (NOA)
Artificial rather than natural. (CD)
Produced by humans rather than by natural forces. Formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard. Produced by special effort; sham; not genuine. (MW)
Produced artificially rather than by a natural process. Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham. (AHD)
Produced by humans rather than by natural forces. Formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard. Produced by special effort; sham; not genuine. (MW)
Produced artificially rather than by a natural process. Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham. (AHD)
Not genuine, intrinsic, natural, or spontaneous; inauthentic; artificially created or developed; made up for a particular occasion or purpose; arising from custom, habit, or convention. Made by human beings, often in imitation of something natural; artificial; manufactured. (OED)
Medicine: Of a disorder, symptom, etc., feigned or self-induced by a patient, especially, in later use in psychiatry, solely in order to obtain medical attention. (OED)
Medicine: Of a disorder, symptom, etc., feigned or self-induced by a patient, especially, in later use in psychiatry, solely in order to obtain medical attention. (OED)
See: Munchausen Syndrome
faff (verb and noun)
faff (verb and noun)
British
verb:
To spend time in ineffectual activity. (NOA)
To make a fuss over nothing. (MW)
To dither or fuss. (CDC)
To act in a fussy, uncertain way, not achieving very much; to dither. (CHM)
noun:
A great deal of ineffectual activity. (NOA)
Something that takes a lot of effort or causes slight problems. (CD)
A thing that is awkward or time-consuming to do. (CDC)
Note: Often used with about or around: Faff about or faff around.
falderal (noun) also folderol
Trivial or nonsensical fuss; a showy but useless item. (NOA)
Nonsense. A useless ornament or accessory; trifle. (MW)
Foolishness; nonsense. A trifle. (AHD)
A showy but worthless trifle or trinket. Foolish nonsense. (CDC)
Unnecessary actions or words that have little meaning and make something seem more important or complicated than it really is. (CD)
See: truffery
farrago (noun)
A confused mixture. (NOA)
A confused mixture; hodgepodge. (MW)
See: truffery
farrago (noun)
A confused mixture. (NOA)
A confused mixture; hodgepodge. (MW)
A confused mixture; jumble; hodgepodge. (CDC)
An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration. (AHD)
A motley assortment of things. A pile of odds and ends or a random assortment of stuff. A disorganized mix of things that don't fit together. (VC)
A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture. (WUD)
An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration. (AHD)
A motley assortment of things. A pile of odds and ends or a random assortment of stuff. A disorganized mix of things that don't fit together. (VC)
A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture. (WUD)
fatwa (noun)
Arabic
A ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority. (NOA)
An official statement or order from an Islamic religious leader. (CD)
A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar. (AHD)
Religious edict. (Christopher Hitchens writing in Vanity Fair)
An official statement or order from an Islamic religious leader. (CD)
An official statement or order from an Islamic religious leader. (CD)
A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority. (VC)
A formal ruling or interpretation on a point of Islamic law given by a qualified legal scholar. Fatwas are usually issued in response to questions from individuals or Islamic courts. Though considered authoritative, fatwas are generally not treated as binding judgments; a requester who finds a fatwa unconvincing is permitted to seek another opinion. (EB)
fecalized environment (noun)
Karin McQuillan referring to Africa: "In plain English: Shit is everywhere. People defecate on the open ground, and the feces is blown with the dust – onto you, your clothes, your food, the water. [A doctor] warned us the first day of training: Do not even touch water. Human feces carries parasites that bore through your skin and cause organ failure." (Karin McQuillan, What I Learned in the Peace Corps in Africa, AmericanThinker.com, 2018, unfortunately since removed)
Note: Seems hotly debated on the internet as to the cause: Culture, poverty, etc. In fact, here is an interesting alternative view: Senegal Is Not A Shithole, (TheAmericanConservative.com, 2018). I love this line: There is no cultural commitment to open defecation. But my question is: How hard is it to build latrines?
A formal ruling or interpretation on a point of Islamic law given by a qualified legal scholar. Fatwas are usually issued in response to questions from individuals or Islamic courts. Though considered authoritative, fatwas are generally not treated as binding judgments; a requester who finds a fatwa unconvincing is permitted to seek another opinion. (EB)
fecalized environment (noun)
Karin McQuillan referring to Africa: "In plain English: Shit is everywhere. People defecate on the open ground, and the feces is blown with the dust – onto you, your clothes, your food, the water. [A doctor] warned us the first day of training: Do not even touch water. Human feces carries parasites that bore through your skin and cause organ failure." (Karin McQuillan, What I Learned in the Peace Corps in Africa, AmericanThinker.com, 2018, unfortunately since removed)
Note: Seems hotly debated on the internet as to the cause: Culture, poverty, etc. In fact, here is an interesting alternative view: Senegal Is Not A Shithole, (TheAmericanConservative.com, 2018). I love this line: There is no cultural commitment to open defecation. But my question is: How hard is it to build latrines?
fiddle (verb)
Child sexual abuse; euphemism for inappropriate touching or molestation; pedophilia. (Grok)
To abuse sexually, usually a child. (Green's)
fiduciary (noun or adjective)
A relationship wherein one party imposes special trust and confidence in another party, usually involving the holding or managing of money or other property. Also refers to the party in whom the special trust and confidence is placed. So, one who acts on behalf of another, putting that person’s interests first and certainly ahead of their own. (RM)
Of or relating to a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another. One, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, who has a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another. (AHD)
Relating to the responsibility to take care of someone else's money in a suitable way. Relating to the responsibilities of a person or organization that manages property or money belonging to another person or organization. A person or organization who is responsible for managing money or property for another person or organization. (CD)
A person who occupies a position of such power and confidence with regard to the property of another that the law requires him to act solely in the interest of the person whom he represents. Examples of fiduciaries are agents, executors and administrators, trustees, guardians, and officers of corporations. They may be contrasted with persons in an ordinary business relationship, in which each party is free to seek purely personal benefits from his transactions with the other. (EB)
fiefdom (noun)
An area over which someone exercises control as or in the manner of a feudal lord. An area over which a person has control. (MW)
A territory or sphere of operation controlled by a particular person or group. (OD)
The estate or domain of a feudal lord. An organization or department over which one dominant person or group exercises control. (AHD)
Of or relating to a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another. One, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, who has a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another. (AHD)
Relating to the responsibility to take care of someone else's money in a suitable way. Relating to the responsibilities of a person or organization that manages property or money belonging to another person or organization. A person or organization who is responsible for managing money or property for another person or organization. (CD)
A person who occupies a position of such power and confidence with regard to the property of another that the law requires him to act solely in the interest of the person whom he represents. Examples of fiduciaries are agents, executors and administrators, trustees, guardians, and officers of corporations. They may be contrasted with persons in an ordinary business relationship, in which each party is free to seek purely personal benefits from his transactions with the other. (EB)
fiefdom (noun)
An area over which someone exercises control as or in the manner of a feudal lord. An area over which a person has control. (MW)
A territory or sphere of operation controlled by a particular person or group. (OD)
The estate or domain of a feudal lord. An organization or department over which one dominant person or group exercises control. (AHD)
An area of land, especially one that is rented and paid for by work. An area or type of activity that is controlled by someone. (CD)
In feudal Europe, the property owned by a lord. An area over which a person or organization exerts authority or influence. Anything under a person's complete control or authority. (CDC)
The domain controlled by a feudal lord. An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group. (VC)
Note: Most often derogatory. Here is an excellent Grok summary of contemporary usage.
filth (noun)
Acronym
filth (noun)
Acronym
FILTH: Failed in London, try Hong Kong.
Used of one who is attempting to resuscitate their career, stalled in London, in the Far East. (Green's)
Grok: A colloquial or humorous term that was historically used to describe British expatriates who, after failing to succeed professionally or socially in London, would move to Hong Kong to try their luck there. This phrase captures a particular aspect of British colonial history where Hong Kong was seen as a place where one could start anew or climb the social ladder in a different environment. It should be noted that while the term has a light-hearted or satirical tone, it also reflects on the colonial attitudes and the mobility of the British Empire's expatriate community. Today, the term might be considered somewhat outdated or even offensive, reflecting a bygone era of colonial administration and the stereotypes associated with it. (Grok)
fintech (noun)
Computer programs and other technology used to support or enable banking and financial services. (NOA)
Products and companies that employ newly developed digital and online technologies in the banking and financial services industries. A business that uses or creates such technologies. (MW)
Abbreviation for financial technology: The business of using technology to offer financial services in new ways. (CD)
Digital technology used to support banking and financial services. (CDC)
first water (idiom)
Of gems, the purest luster. Also: The highest grade, degree or quality. (MW)
Grok: A colloquial or humorous term that was historically used to describe British expatriates who, after failing to succeed professionally or socially in London, would move to Hong Kong to try their luck there. This phrase captures a particular aspect of British colonial history where Hong Kong was seen as a place where one could start anew or climb the social ladder in a different environment. It should be noted that while the term has a light-hearted or satirical tone, it also reflects on the colonial attitudes and the mobility of the British Empire's expatriate community. Today, the term might be considered somewhat outdated or even offensive, reflecting a bygone era of colonial administration and the stereotypes associated with it. (Grok)
fintech (noun)
Computer programs and other technology used to support or enable banking and financial services. (NOA)
Products and companies that employ newly developed digital and online technologies in the banking and financial services industries. A business that uses or creates such technologies. (MW)
Abbreviation for financial technology: The business of using technology to offer financial services in new ways. (CD)
Digital technology used to support banking and financial services. (CDC)
first water (idiom)
Of gems, the purest luster. Also: The highest grade, degree or quality. (MW)
The finest quality of diamond or other precious stone. The highest grade or best quality. The most extreme kind. The best quality and purest luster. (CDC)
The highest degree of quality or purity in diamonds or pearls. The foremost rank or quality. (AHD)
The highest degree of quality or purity in diamonds or pearls. The foremost rank or quality. (AHD)
A diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first excellence. (WUD)
Of a diamond or pearl, of the greatest brilliance and transparency. Used to refer to a person or thing that is unsurpassed of their kind, typically in an undesirable way. (OD)
Of a diamond or other precious stone, of the highest quality as regards transparency and luster. Also figurative: Of the highest excellence or purity; unsurpassed of its or his or her class; in later use often with reference to something bad, out-and-out, unmitigated, thoroughgoing. (OED)
Used chiefly: …of the first water.
Examples: A safecracker or thief of the first water; a charlatan of the first water.
Note: Only the Oxford dictionaries, including the definitive OED, note that of the first water is typically used for something undesirable; but that certainly makes it more interesting.
Note: Only the Oxford dictionaries, including the definitive OED, note that of the first water is typically used for something undesirable; but that certainly makes it more interesting.
See: water
fixer (noun)
fixer (noun)
A person who intervenes to enable someone to circumvent the law or obtain a political favor. (MW)
A person who uses influence or makes arrangements for another, especially by improper or unlawful means. (AHD)
A person who uses influence or makes arrangements for another, especially by improper or unlawful means. (AHD)
A person who makes arrangements for other people, especially of an illicit or devious kind. (NOA)
Someone who is skilled at arranging for things to happen, sometimes in a way that is dishonest. (CD)
If someone is a fixer, he or she is the sort of person who solves problems and gets things done. A person who makes arrangements, especially by underhand or illegal means. A person who pays bribes or uses personal influence to manipulate results, as in keeping others from being punished for illegal acts. A person who arranges matters in advance through bribery or influence. (CDC)
Note: I see no reason why a fixer needs to deploy illegal or illicit methods. There is a famous story Howard Schultz tells about how Bill Gates, Sr. helped save his purchase of Starbucks. Gates was Schultz's fixer. Experience, contacts, reputation, money, intelligence, business savvy, common sense, and yes, sometimes sheer power, are the true tools of a fixer. I am not saying that the dishonest kind do not exist. I am merely pointing out that they are not the only kind. Further, Gates, Sr. was an attorney, and a good fixer is skilled at keeping you out of court. Because so often, if it gets to court, you've already lost.
If someone is a fixer, he or she is the sort of person who solves problems and gets things done. A person who makes arrangements, especially by underhand or illegal means. A person who pays bribes or uses personal influence to manipulate results, as in keeping others from being punished for illegal acts. A person who arranges matters in advance through bribery or influence. (CDC)
Note: I see no reason why a fixer needs to deploy illegal or illicit methods. There is a famous story Howard Schultz tells about how Bill Gates, Sr. helped save his purchase of Starbucks. Gates was Schultz's fixer. Experience, contacts, reputation, money, intelligence, business savvy, common sense, and yes, sometimes sheer power, are the true tools of a fixer. I am not saying that the dishonest kind do not exist. I am merely pointing out that they are not the only kind. Further, Gates, Sr. was an attorney, and a good fixer is skilled at keeping you out of court. Because so often, if it gets to court, you've already lost.
The state of being unchanging or permanent. (NOA)
The quality or state of being fixed or stable. (MW)
The quality or condition of being fixed. Something fixed or immovable. (AHD)
The quality or state of being fixed; steadiness, permanence, stability. Anything fixed, or unmoving; a fixture. (CDC)
The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. The quality of being incapable of mutation. (VC)
flaccid (adjective)
The quality or condition of being fixed. Something fixed or immovable. (AHD)
The quality or state of being fixed; steadiness, permanence, stability. Anything fixed, or unmoving; a fixture. (CDC)
The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. The quality of being incapable of mutation. (VC)
flaccid (adjective)
Lacking vigor or force. (MW)
Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness. (OD)
Lacking force; weak; feeble. (CDC)
Soft or weak rather than firm. Weak and not effective. (CD)
Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance. (VC)
Of immaterial things, wanting vigor and nervous energy, limp, feeble. (OED)
Example: Biden's flaccid leadership.
flagrante delicto See in flagrante delicto
flibbertigibbet (noun)
A frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person. (NOA)
flagrante delicto See in flagrante delicto
flibbertigibbet (noun)
A frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person. (NOA)
A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person. (AHD)
A silly, scatterbrained, garrulous, flighty, or light-headed person. (WN)
A silly, scatterbrained, garrulous, flighty, or light-headed person. (WN)
An irresponsible, silly, or gossipy person. An irresponsible, flighty person. (CDC)
A foolish, flighty, and overly talkative person. A silly chatterbox. A ridiculous busybody, someone who talks and gossips a lot but does not have much of any substance to say. It is most often used to talk about a frivolous young woman. (VC)
flighty (adjective)
Fickle and irresponsible. (NOA)
flighty (adjective)
Fickle and irresponsible. (NOA)
Given to capricious or unstable behavior. Characterized by irresponsible or silly behavior. Easily excited; skittish. (AHD)
Lacking stability or steadiness. Easily upset; volatile. Easily excited; skittish. Capricious, silly. (MW)
Especially of a woman, not responsible and likely to change activities, jobs, boyfriends, etc. often. Not able to keep your attention or interest on one thing for long. (CD)
Frivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile. Mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering. Given to sudden whims; not taking things seriously; frivolous or irresponsible. Easily excited, upset, etc. (CDC)
Given to flights of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; guided by whim or fancy rather than by judgment or settled purpose; fickle, frivolous, inconstant. (OED)
flotsam (noun)
Given to flights of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; guided by whim or fancy rather than by judgment or settled purpose; fickle, frivolous, inconstant. (OED)
flotsam (noun)
Debris in the water that was not deliberately thrown overboard, often as a result from a shipwreck or accident. (NOAA)
The floating wreckage of a ship. (VC)
The wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea. People or things that have been rejected or discarded as worthless. (NOA)
Floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo. Floating debris. Miscellaneous or unimportant material; debris; remains. (MW)
The wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea. People or things that have been rejected or discarded as worthless. (NOA)
Floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo. Floating debris. Miscellaneous or unimportant material; debris; remains. (MW)
Goods floating on the surface of a body of water after a shipwreck or after being cast overboard to lighten the ship. Discarded or unimportant things. People who are considered to be worthless or to have been rejected by society. (AHD)
Pieces of broken wood and other waste materials found on the beach or floating on the sea. Anything or anyone that is not wanted or not considered to be important or useful. (CD)
The wreckage of a ship or its cargo floating at sea. Useless or discarded objects; odds and ends, especially in the phrase flotsam and jetsam. (CDC)
See: jetsam, flotsam and jetsam
flotsam and jetsam (idiom)
Useless or discarded objects (NOA)
You can use flotsam and jetsam to refer to small or unimportant items that are found together, especially ones that have no connection with each other. (CDC)
See: jetsam, flotsam and jetsam
flotsam and jetsam (idiom)
Useless or discarded objects (NOA)
You can use flotsam and jetsam to refer to small or unimportant items that are found together, especially ones that have no connection with each other. (CDC)
Flotsam and jetsam are used together as an expression, mostly figuratively to mean things or people who are unwanted or discarded. (VC)
In their idiomatic use, flotsam and jetsam describes random, discarded, or insignificant things or people, often found scattered or aimlessly drifting, either literally or metaphorically. For example, you might hear someone refer to the clutter in their house or the random items at a garage sale as flotsam and jetsam. (Grok)
Example: A notebook filled with flotsam and jetsam.
Note: Odds and ends, bits and pieces.
See: flotsam, jetsam
flying monkey (psychological and social concept)
See: flotsam, jetsam
flying monkey (psychological and social concept)
Grok:
The term flying monkey is derived from the characters in The Wizard of Oz who serve the Wicked Witch of the West. In modern contexts, particularly in psychology and discussions about toxic behaviors, flying monkeys have a specific meaning:
Psychological Context: In the realm of narcissistic abuse or toxic relationships, flying monkeys describe individuals who are manipulated by a narcissist or abuser to act on their behalf, often without fully understanding or questioning the motives behind their actions. These people might spread gossip, manipulate situations, or attack the abuser's target, all under the influence or direction of the main abuser. They are essentially enablers or accomplices, knowingly or unknowingly, in the abuser's manipulation tactics.
Colloquial Use: Outside of psychology, flying monkey might simply refer to someone who does another's bidding, often in a negative or underhanded way. It suggests a lack of autonomy or critical thinking, where the individual is merely an extension of someone else's will, similar to how the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz were under the control of the witch.
This term highlights the dynamics of manipulation in interpersonal relationships, emphasizing how one individual can control or influence a group to do their bidding, often with harmful or unethical consequences for others.
(Grok)
See: gaslight
foist (verb)
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant; to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit. (MW)
Impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on. (NOA)
To impose something or someone unwanted, upon another by coercion or trickery. To insert fraudulently or deceitfully. (AHD)
To force someone to have or experience something unwanted or undesirable. To force someone to have or experience something they do not want. (CD)
To sell or pass off something, especially an inferior article, as genuine, valuable, etc. To insert surreptitiously, slyly, or wrongfully. To get a thing accepted, sold, etc. by fraud, deception, etc.; palm off. (CDC)
Force onto another. Insert surreptitiously or without warrant. (VC)
folly (noun)
To sell or pass off something, especially an inferior article, as genuine, valuable, etc. To insert surreptitiously, slyly, or wrongfully. To get a thing accepted, sold, etc. by fraud, deception, etc.; palm off. (CDC)
Force onto another. Insert surreptitiously or without warrant. (VC)
folly (noun)
A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome. A structure, such as a pavilion in a garden, that is chiefly decorative rather than practical in purpose. (AHD)
A costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park. (NOA)
An excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking. An often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste. (MW)
A building in the form of a castle, temple, etc., built to satisfy a fancy or conceit, often of an eccentric kind. Any foolish and useless but expensive undertaking. Action that ends or can end in disaster. (CDC)
The condition of being foolish, or a foolish action or belief. A building in the form of a small castle, temple, etc., that has been built as a decoration in a large garden or park. (CD)
Architecture: A costly, generally nonfunctional building erected to enhance a natural landscape. Depending on the owner’s tastes, a folly might be constructed to resemble a medieval tower, a ruined castle overgrown with vines, or a crumbling classical temple complete with fallen, eroded columns. Though follies were sometimes used as pavilions, they were typically built for visual effect alone, and they were intended to improve or complete the natural setting. In the United States, the term folly has also been applied to ornate gazebos or garden pavilions. (EB)
See: conceit
Formosa (country)
Formosa (country)
Former name for Taiwan. (NOA)
franchise (noun)
Definition not found; I could not care less about franchising. As I have seen this term used, it seems to mean: The combined effect of a corporation's brand, product quality, reputation, customer good will, and the resulting positive outcome for its business. For example: Apple has a great franchise in North America, and is now working on developing similar franchises in China and India. (RM)
Note: The closest definition I have found:
An economic franchise arises from a product or service that: (1) is needed or desired; (2) is thought by its customers to have no close substitute and; (3) is not subject to price regulation. The existence of all three conditions will be demonstrated by a company's ability to regularly price its product or service aggressively and thereby to earn high rates of return on capital. (Warren Buffett, Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders, 1991)
friable (adjective)
Easily crumbled. (NOA)
franchise (noun)
Definition not found; I could not care less about franchising. As I have seen this term used, it seems to mean: The combined effect of a corporation's brand, product quality, reputation, customer good will, and the resulting positive outcome for its business. For example: Apple has a great franchise in North America, and is now working on developing similar franchises in China and India. (RM)
Note: The closest definition I have found:
An economic franchise arises from a product or service that: (1) is needed or desired; (2) is thought by its customers to have no close substitute and; (3) is not subject to price regulation. The existence of all three conditions will be demonstrated by a company's ability to regularly price its product or service aggressively and thereby to earn high rates of return on capital. (Warren Buffett, Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders, 1991)
Here is a Grok summary of this meaning of franchise.
Easily crumbled. (NOA)
Readily crumbled; brittle. (AHD)
Easily crumbled or pulverized. (MW)
Easily broken into small pieces. (CD)
Easily broken up; crumbly. Easily crumbled or crushed into powder. (CDC)
Capable of being easily crumbled or reduced to powder; pulverizable, crumbly. (OED)
fungible (adjective)
Interchangeable. (AHD)
Of a commodity or asset, replaceable or interchangeable with another of the same type. (CDC)
Of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified, able to replace or be replaced by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. (OD)
Being something such as money or a commodity of such a nature that one part or quantity may be replaced by another equal part or quantity in paying a debt or settling an account. Capable of mutual substitution; interchangeable. (MW)
Easy to exchange or trade for something else of the same type and value. Fungible goods are easy to exchange for others of the same type and value. Fungible shares, bonds, etc. are easy to trade for others of the same type and value. Something such as a currency, share, or goods, that can easily be exchanged for others of the same value and type. (CD)
Of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation. A commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation. (VC)
fungibility (noun)
See: commodity