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flim-flam
flim-flam
See also: flimflam
English
Noun
flim-flam (plural flim-flams) (Not recorded with this spelling in major dictionaries; usually spelled flimflam.)
- Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
- Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.
- confidence game, con game
- (archaic) table tennis
Derived terms
- flim-flam man: Confidence trickster
- flam
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:nonsense
References
- Flimflam / Claptrap, The Word Detective, 2009–04–13