flim-flam

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confidence game, con game
Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true

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

flimflam
deception
flimflam
nonsense
flimflam
{f} cheat, swindle (Slang)
flimflam
{i} (Slang) nonsense, silliness; fraud, deception
flimflam
To swindle or cheat
flimflam
information or ideas that are not true or seem very stupid (Probably from a language)
flimflam
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
flimflam
A freak; a trick; a lie
flim-flam

    Etymologie

    () 1538 as noun, 1660 as verb. By reduplication. Perhaps from a dialectical word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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    ... "flim flam," or like modern day pseudo social science. ...
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