{"id":15686,"date":"2015-01-21T19:38:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T00:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=15686"},"modified":"2021-11-02T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:16:08","slug":"bogus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/bogus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The word &#8220;bogus&#8221; had a murky history. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/word\/bogus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online Etymology Dictionary<\/a>, it may have dated back as far as 1827, used in Ohio as a slang term for a counterfeiter&#8217;s apparatus. Somehow it became the name of a machine used to manufacture fake coins. Then bogus became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/bogus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">counterfeit or fake<\/a> in a more general sense, and alternately disappointing or unfair:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Some trace this to tantrabobus, also tantrabogus, a late 18c. colloquial Vermont word for any odd-looking object, in later 19c. use; &#8216;the devil,&#8217; which might be connected to tantarabobs, recorded as a Devonshire name for the devil.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Supposing that, it might share a common origin with bogey. Some may recognize this as the root of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/bogeyman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bogeyman<\/a>. However, a bogus bogeyman would be a strange contradiction, indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Popular Culture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill &amp; Ted&#039;s Excellent Adventure HD Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sFy17auuK08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I suppose it will reveal both my relative age and my level of maturity (or lack thereof) if I mention that bogus appeared prominently in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096928\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill &amp; Ted&#8217;s Excellent Adventure<\/a> (1989). As in,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Evil Duke: Put them in the iron maiden.<br>Ted: Iron Maiden?<br>Bill, Ted: Excellent!<br>[air guitar]<br>Evil Duke: Execute them.<br>Bill, Ted: Bogus!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently a sequel called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0101452\/\">Bill &amp; Ted&#8217;s Bogus Journey<\/a> (1991) also existed although I never watched that one. Not every sequel can be like The Godfather Part II. And the original Bill &amp; Ted&#8217;s certainly wasn&#8217;t The Godfather. Keanu Reeves (Ted) of course went on to bigger and better roles. Alex Winter (Bill), well, hopefully he invested wisely and is leading a nice happy life somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was quite a roundabout tangent even for 12MC. Hopefully it provided the necessary context to appreciate the absurdity of places named Bogus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bogus Basin, Idaho<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/positivelydigital\/8537298463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8527\/8537298463_5b52bace96_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bogus Basin Panorama. Photo by Jim Larson; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bogus spots existed almost entirely within the United States. But that doesn&#8217;t surprise me given the word origin. I first came across such a Bogus place when I traveled to Boise, Idaho a number of years and noticed references to the <a href=\"https:\/\/bogusbasin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area<\/a>. It began as a nonprofit organization &#8220;established by the Boise community in 1942&#8221;. There, local interests operate a ski resort with 53 runs and a vertical rise of 1800 feet (550 metres).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bogus Basin (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/PUtWN9ALcr7HWATe8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) came by the name honestly. It actually referred to fakery. The hills gleamed with gold, or more accurately gold-colored pyrite or &#8220;fools gold&#8221;. Tales of people who believed they&#8217;d found gold abounded, only to be disappointed after investing in mines. Plus there were other stories of nefarious swindlers and dirty tricks designed to defraud people. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Boise City Department of Arts and History<\/span> [<em>link no longer works<\/em>] mentioned,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Bogus Basin got its name from a group of con-artists in the late 1800s who created fake gold dust in the same area as the Bogus Basin recreation area. These con-artists would melt silver, sand and a small amount of gold and sell it for $14 an ounce.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, Bogus Basin was a strange name for a ski resort although one with genuine historical roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bogus Brook Township, Minnesota<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d356739.91613665904!2d-93.85500586946587!3d45.69035801716749!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x52b399e6e64d144d%3A0xae851d0c17e8396d!2sBogus%20Brook%20Township%2C%20MN!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1578261595042!5m2!1sen!2sus\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bogus Brook Township in Mille Lacs (thousand lakes) County in Minnesota sounded promising. Indeed, a stream named Bogus Brook (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ZBeTnVtVMY1JpG7x8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) ran directly through the township. It seemed strange that the township selected Bogus Brook for its name when the Rum River, a much larger body of water also ran through it. Maybe residents didn&#8217;t want to live in a place named for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/46b.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demon rum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually the Rum River became rather controversial in recent years, leading to an organized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towahkon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">name-change movement<\/a>. The Lakota named the river Wahkon, the Great Spirit River, and they considered it a sacred body of water. Then settlers of European descent thought it might be clever to create a pun by using spirit in the sense of alcohol and renamed it Rum River. Obviously the Native inhabitants considered that usage insulting and profane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bogus Brook was probably a better choice for the township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bogus Elementary School, Montague, California<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is Bogus Elementary School\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JMFOYIWGees?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now imagine attending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bogus.k12.ca.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bogus Elementary School<\/a> in California (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1Ex5xc1ewsWwse7v8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). It seemed like the name might be a liability although the school sounded pretty interesting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Is your child lost in a large class size? Bogus Elementary School has one classroom, one teacher, and 12 students&#8230; All children get to participate in our winter ski\/snow board program for free.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a number of Bogus features nearby including Bogus Mountain, Bogus Creek and Bogus Burn. Any one of those could have inspired the Bogus name for a school. I also noticed it was located near one of those <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12653\">checkerboard patterns<\/a>, which wasn&#8217;t particularly germane to this article, just an interesting fact I noticed along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found only three Bogus places outside of the United States, all in Canada: Lac Bogus in Qu\u00e9bec (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/zUHEGaNfdtRjENup6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>); Bogus Lake in Ontario (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/X79sjzTvpSHU3TnR7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>); and Bogus Hole in Nova Scotia (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/dxdP4hi1xDWdevRw6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). Information was scarce. The most prominent mention of a Bogus lake in Ontario led to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2014\/07\/16\/lake-ontario-shark-video-marketing-ploy_n_5592099.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lake Ontario Shark Video Is Just As Fake As It Looks<\/a>.&#8221; It reminded me of <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14028\">I Call Bull Shark<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it&#8217;s time to revive the word tantrabogus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word &#8220;bogus&#8221; had a murky history. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, it may have dated back as far as 1827, used in Ohio as a slang term for a counterfeiter&#8217;s apparatus. Somehow it became the name of a machine used to manufacture fake coins. 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