/brum"euh jeuhm/ , adj.
1. showy but inferior and worthless.
n.
2. a showy but inferior and worthless thing.
[ 1630-40; local var. of BIRMINGHAM, England (Compare BROMWICHHAM, BROMECHAM (17th century), ME Burmingeham ); orig. in allusion to counterfeit coins produced there in the 17th cent. ]