# Is a flimflam a flimflam?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-flimflam-a-flimflam/690703>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 13, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-flimflam-a-flimflam/690703 "2014-06-13T14:45:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![willmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea5d25/32.png) [@willmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willmac)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-flimflam-a-flimflam/690703/1 "2014-06-13T14:45:40Z")

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As you may become aware of later in the question, justifying the meaning of flimflam would in itself cause a paradox so I will merely say that I feel that if this question can be answered- we can consider society at its epitome.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-flimflam-a-flimflam/690703/2 "2014-06-13T14:48:28Z")

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Delitescent.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-flimflam-a-flimflam/690703/3 "2014-06-13T14:59:26Z")

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Since the question is tautological, I’m closing this.

**willmac** , General Questions is for questions with factual answers. If you wish to discuss semantics, it would be better to open a thread in our IMHO forum. This said, unless you can phrase your question in a more coherent way you won’t get a reasonable response.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator