A piece of nonsense or idle talk; a trifle, a conceit. Cf. flam, n.1 2.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] > instance of (7) flim-flam1546 A piece of nonsense or idle talk; a trifle, a conceit. Cf. flam, n.1 2. delirium1599 Irrational, deluded, or absurd thought, speech, or behaviour; delusion, absurdity. Also: an absurd, irrational, or deluded belief or remark. bull1640 A self-contradictory proposition; in modern use, an expression containing a manifest contradiction in terms or involving a ludicrous inconsistency… nonsense1646 As a count noun: a piece of nonsense; a ridiculous notion or idea; an arrangement of which one disapproves; a muddle, a fiasco. Now frequently… fandango1841 fig. fiddlededee1843 Nonsense, absurdity. flapdoodle1878 Nonsense; ‘bosh’; humbug. Also as int. |
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