# flim-flam

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflɪmflæm/

## Definitions
1. Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
2. Confidence game, con game.
3. Table tennis.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flim-flam