flimflam
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:46 am
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.
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.