flim-flam

== English == === Alternative forms === flimflam, flim flam === Etymology === Ultimately a sound-symbolic reduplication, 1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. Perhaps from a dialectal word or North Germanic/Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -æm IPA(key): /ˈflɪmflæm/ === Noun === flim-flam (countable and uncountable, plural flim-flams) Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense Confidence game, con game. (archaic) Table tennis. ==== Derived terms ==== flim-flam man (“confidence trickster”) flam flim === References === Flimflam / Claptrap, The Word Detective, 2009–04–13 === Further reading === flim-flam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia