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Word of the Day: flim·flam

–noun
1.     a trick or deception, esp. a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
2.     a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh.

–verb (used with object)
3.     to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.

Usage: Don't be flimflammed by a flimflammer who uses dictionaries to distort the simple truth through the use of calumny.

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