flim flamとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. By reduplication. Perhaps from a dialectical word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).^[1]

発音

• IPA: /ˈflɪmflæm/

名詞

flim-flam (複数形 flim-flams)

1. Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.

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

2. confidence game, con game

派生語

• flim-flam man: Confidence trickster
• flam

同意語

• See WikiSaurus:nonsense

参照

1. ^ “flim-flam” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

• Flimflam / Claptrap, The Word Detective, 2009–04–13

語源

Reduplication, 1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. Perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).^[1]

発音

• 韻: -æm
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪmflæm/

名詞

flim-flam (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 flim-flams)

1. Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense

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

2. confidence game, con game
3. (archaic) Table tennis.

派生語

• flim-flam man (“confidence trickster”)
• flam
• flim

参照

• Flimflam / Claptrap, The Word Detective, 2009–04–13

Further reading

• flim-flam on Wikipedia.

動詞

flimflam (三人称単数 現在形 flimflams, 現在分詞 flimflamming, 過去形および過去分詞形 flimflammed)

1. To swindle or cheat.