flim-flam
/ˈflɪmflæm/
词源链
- gmq
派生
- 英语English
flim-flam
词源说明
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”).
释义
名词noun
- 1Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
- 2Confidence game, con game.
- 3archaicTable tennis.