flim-flam

Meaning

Noun

Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
confidence game, con game
Table tennis.

Origin

, 1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. Perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim ("lampoon, mockery").

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