noun
1 [mass noun] nonsensical or insincere talk:
pseudo-intellectual flimflam
2a confidence trick:
flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials
Src: OED
I have always like this word, it gives a great sensation when spoken. Plus all the flimflam-man movies and other tricksters. It has a Norse origin apparently.
flimflam
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Re: flimflam
Flimflam,
I'm in a jam!
Levee broke,
Like opening a dam
Log floats by
Like battering ram.
Lady rows by,
Thank you ma'am.
(with apologies to MTC)
I'm in a jam!
Levee broke,
Like opening a dam
Log floats by
Like battering ram.
Lady rows by,
Thank you ma'am.
(with apologies to MTC)
pl
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Re: flimflam
Some flimflam men can be redeemed. Witness Professor Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's "The Music Man", arguably the second greatest Broadway Musical - after "South Pacific", which is surely number one.
It is dark at night, but the Sun will come up and then we can see.
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Re: flimflam
I put My Fair Lady as number one, and my wife prefers Sound of Music. South Pacific is right up there though.
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