Verb (used with object) : A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings. From Dictionary.com.
And thus came all the later linguistic flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Heidegger in the library’s grave of discarded lies] Reference
Mexico's history contains its share of such flimflammery in rude and violent acts. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico: Sex Slaves (Part II)] Reference
Paul Krugman in the NYT sees nothing but flimflammery, and I tend to agree with him. From Wordnik.com. [Paulson and the Regulators] Reference
But facts have persuasive power of their own, and Indonesian courts have seen through the flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [Case (Almost) Closed] Reference
I just saw Transformers today opening day here in Japan and don't worry - the technical flimflammery got lost in the awesomeness. From Wordnik.com. [The CORE, bitches!] Reference
Moreover, as Charles Krauthammer argues, CBO's figures on ObamaCare are based on false premises topped off with accounting "flimflammery.". From Wordnik.com. [ObamaCare for less] Reference
The promise, however, is only half fulfilled in this glossy, reasonably diverting entertainment, whose tone of self-importance ultimately can't disguise the rickety flimflammery of Grisham's tale. From Wordnik.com. [No Brief 'Pelican'] Reference
They followed with some odd flimflammery, as the Post reports: The commission leaders said that, at present, federal revenue is fully consumed by three programs: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Scammed: What Shirley Sherrod and Social Security Have in Common] Reference
At first he seems merely irritated by Bush's use of "bogus" numbers to justify his tax-cut, Social Security, and Medicare proposals, but he seems to accept these as the usual political flimflammery of campaigning politicians, not to be taken too seriously. From Wordnik.com. [The Awful Truth] Reference
Clinton and failed because of political flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrow Bridge] Reference
Why does the president of the United States resort to such flimflammery?. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
All presidential budgets are rife with trap doors, gimmicks, and flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
Dude, if he makes it simple and it still tastes better and more interesting than all of your flimflammery?. From Wordnik.com. [News from TV.com] Reference
That a health care reform law of such enormous size and consequence could be sold on such flimflammery is astonishing. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
I guarantee you that Dent will try to use those deficits and fiscal flimflammery to blast potholes in Callahan's road to an upset. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference
It is suggested, too, that this is a bit of flimflammery, since there is no way of knowing whether the pledge-makers would have given the money. From Wordnik.com. [MyDD] Reference
Bernard Madoff is an exemplar of business flimflam, much more successful over the years than Blagojevich, whose political flimflammery was paltry by comparison. From Wordnik.com. [RutlandHerald.com] Reference
That a health-care reform law of such enormous size and consequence, revolutionizing one-sixth of the U.S. economy, could be sold on such flimflammery is astonishing, even by. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
As Enron's perfidy came to light, America was finding that many of the companies that fueled the dot-com boom of the 1990s were built on dubious accounting practices and other flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [Housing Doom] Reference
They imploded their banks, crashed our economy, got Washington politicos of both parties to save their jobs, paid themselves a looter's level of taxpayer booty and now are getting a free pass to continue their flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
I was struck by the absence of grousing and finger-pointing at the conference and the emphasis on trying to develop new ways to establish an economy that is not based on financial flimflammery, that enhances America's competitive position in the world, and that relieves us of the terrible burden of reliance on foreign energy sources. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
"Don't tell me about the banks and their perpetual flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington: Wall Street, DC, and the New Financial Euphoria] Reference
That’s the great thing about “intelligent design”; since they have no scientific track record to cultivate, they have nothing to lose with “rebranding”, in an attempt to outrun their track record for religiously motivated flimflammery. steve s. From Wordnik.com. [Dead-on Analysis from Red State Rabble - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
It's a bit of flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2009] Reference
They followed with some odd flimflammery, as the. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
There's a lot of flimflammery out there. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
Stare decisis flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] Reference
This is pure poppycock, balderdash, nonsense, and flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Laurence A. Moran is a Poopy Pants] Reference
Ito ay purong kalokohan, balderdash, kalokohan, at flimflammery. From Wordnik.com. [ideonexus.com »2,007» Hunyo] Reference
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