Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Flim-flam may refer to: Confidence trick, a fraud scheme; Flim-Flam, a 1991 album by saxophonists Steve Lacy and Steve Potts; Flim-Flam!, a 1982 book by James Randi;
flimflam. Main article: Scam. Swindle [20] flippers Hands [20] Henry Ford standing in front of a 1921 Model T flivver 1. Ford model T [20] 2. After 1928, could mean broken down car [172] floater Person making trouble and then disappears [150] flogger Overcoat [173] floorflusher Insatiable dancer [150] flop 1. Go to bed; fall asleep [174] 2.
Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions is a 1980 book by magician and skeptic James Randi about paranormal, occult, and pseudoscience claims. The foreword is by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. Randi explores topics which he says that scientists and the media are too willing to promote without skepticism and proper expertise.
"The Frim-Fram Sauce" is a jazz song written by Redd Evans and Joe Ricardel. [1] In 2002, journalist William Safire said frim-fram sauce was a variant of flim-flam or deceit [2] and "ussin-fay" was pig Latin for "fussing", meaning "playing about fretfully". [2]
Flim-flam (disambiguation) Flan (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 27 July 2022, at 13:19 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Political cartoon by J. M. Staniforth: Herbert Kitchener attempts to raise £100,000 for a college in Sudan by calling on the name of C. G. Gordon. A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.
Other books by Randi include Flim-Flam! (1982), The Faith Healers (1987), James Randi, Psychic Investigator (1991), Test Your ESP Potential (1982), and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (1995). Randi was a regular contributor to Skeptic magazine, penning the "'Twas Brillig ..." column, and also served ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us