Flim-flam

//ˈflɪmflæm//

Synonyms for "flim-flam" (139 found)

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Noun(40 words)

bullshit bullspeak bunk bunkum bushwah clamjamfrey claptrap cobblers codswallop crap crock crock of shit dog shit double dutch double talk doublespeak dribble drivel eyewash fiddle-faddle

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flapdoodle flapdoodlery flizz flummery folderol foolishness footle framis fuckery fuckry fudge galimatias garbage garble gibber gibberish gobbledygook gossip greek guff

Verb(2 words)

fob fox

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cozen deceive delude lead on

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flam flim flim-flam man

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Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.

Source: wiktionary

Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.

Source: wiktionary

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