Etymograph

English

foob

Blend of fake + boob.

A blend of fake + boob

Proto-West Germanic *fegōn ‘to clean up, polish’

Old Saxon fegōn

Middle Low German vēgen

German Low German fegen

English feague ‘to spruce up, embellish’

English fake

English booby ‘fool’

English boob

Today it means

noun An artificial breast implanted after the original has been removed by a mastectomy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / foob