Flim-flam Definition
noun
Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.
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Confidence game, con game.
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(archaic) Table tennis.
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Origin of Flim-flam
1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. By reduplication. Perhaps from a dialectical word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).
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