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Definition: FLAM


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.[Websters].
Verb	1. To deceive with a falsehood.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: flaming, flamed, flams, flamer, flamers, flamingly and flamedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

"Flam" is a common misspelling or typo for: flame, foam, flak, clam, flan, glam, Elam, flamy, flams, flamb, fleam.

Date "Flam" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Specialty Definition: FLAM

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. Lies immortalized and consigned over as a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Literature	1: "They told me what a fine thing it was to be an Englishman, and about liberty and property... I find it was a flam." - Godwin: Caleb Williams. vol. ii. chap. v. p. 57. 2: Flam Flattery for an object; blarney; humbug. (Irish, film, Anglo-Saxon, flaem, flight.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	FLAM. A lie, or sham story: also a single stroke on a drum. To flam; to hum, to amuse, to deceive. Flim flams; idle stories. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Wikipedic	A flam is one of the twenty-six drum rudiments used in drumming music theory. It consists of a soft "grace note" on one hand followed by a louder stroke on the other. The two notes are played almost simultaneously, and are intended to sound like a single, 'broader' note. It is also meant to be visually impressive as well. The correct way to play a flam is to use varying stick heights to produce the two notes, not simply by forcing one stick down sooner. Flams can combined with other different rudiments such as a paradiddle which will result in a flamadiddle and a triplet to result in a flam triplet, otherwise known as a flam accent. (references)
Wiktionary	[Noun] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. (references)
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Common Expressions: FLAM

Expressions	Definition
Eli Flam	Eli Flam is a free-lance contributor to the World&I magazine (see Appalachia). (references)
Shim Sham, Flim Flam	Shim Sham, Flim Flam is a live recording of Adam Duritz, David Immergluck of Counting Crows and assorted friends. The name Shim Sham is derived from the club in which they played. The dates of the annual Shim Sham shows coincide with Jazz Fest. (references)
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Extended Definition: FLAM

Flam

In percussion, a flam is a rudiment consisting of a quiet "grace" note on one hand followed by a louder "primary" stroke on the opposite hand. The two notes are played almost simultaneously, and are intended to sound like a single, 'broader' note.

Usage

Flams can be combined with many other different rudiments, such as a paradiddle which will result in a flamadiddle, or a triplet which will result in a flam accent.

Examples

	Flam
	Flam Accent
	Flamadiddle

References

"International Drum Rudiments" Page of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Accessed 1/23/2008.

Rudimental percussion
Rudiments	Diddle · Double-stroke roll · Drag · Drag paradiddle · Flam · Flamadiddle · Paradiddle · Pataflafla · Ratamacue · Single-stroke roll · Swiss Army Triplet
Technique	Matched grip · Moeller method · Open, closed, open · Snare technique · Traditional grip
People	Tom Float · Ralph Hardimon · Marty Hurley · Fred Sanford · George Lawrence Stone
Organizations	Drum Corps International · Percussive Arts Society
General	Drumline · Front ensemble · Marching percussion

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Flam". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: FLAM
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Herbert Flam	7	Flam	6
Flam	6	Harry Flam	3
Leopold Flam	4	Herbert Flam	7
Harry Flam	3	Leopold Flam	4
Shim Sham, Flim Flam	3	Shim Sham, Flim Flam	3
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: FLAM

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya	كذبة (lie, deceit, story, tale, false). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha	كذبة (lie, deceit, story, tale, false). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Albanian	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Amognard	Mente (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Amognard, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic	كذبة (lie, deceit, story, tale, false). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ardennais	Menterie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Ardennais, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Armenian	սուտ (false, lie, cram, crammer, deceit). Additional references: Armenian, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Armjanski Yazyk	սուտ (false, lie, cram, crammer, deceit). Additional references: Armjanski Yazyk, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia	mengecoh (flam, swindle, outwit). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski	измислица (concoction, fable, fabrication, fake, fib), трик (double, flam, jig, sleight, snare), измама (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do), измамвам (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration)	izmislitsa (concoction, fable, fabrication, fake, fib), trik (double, flam, jig, sleight, snare), izmama (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do), izmamvam (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian	podvod (deception, imposture, deceit, swindle, trickery), izmišljotina (artifice, concoction, fib, figment, flam), podvést (dupe, circumvent, defraud, fob, let down), nesmysl (balderdash, rubbish, stuff, absurdity, nonsense), napálit (dupe, bamboozle, con, swipe, beat), lež (lie, falsehood, untruth, whopper, fable), humbuk (humbug, eyewash, kid, blague, flam). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazaville French	Bourre (hoax, falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit). Additional references: Brazaville French, Congo, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese	escamoso (scaly, squamous, flaky, flakiest, Flam), dispositivo (device, appliance, gadget, mechanism, a device), capacidade inventiva (contrivance, Flam). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian	измислица (concoction, fable, fabrication, fake, fib), трик (double, flam, jig, sleight, snare), измама (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do), измамвам (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration)	izmislitsa (concoction, fable, fabrication, fake, fib), trik (double, flam, jig, sleight, snare), izmama (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do), izmamvam (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish	Flam (Flam). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Mongolian	худал юм (fable, Flam), санаанаасаа зохиосон їг (Flam). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Central (transliteration)	khudal yum (fable, Flam), sanaanaasaa zokhioson їg (Flam). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina	podvod (deception, imposture, deceit, swindle, trickery), izmišljotina (artifice, concoction, fib, figment, flam), podvést (dupe, circumvent, defraud, fob, let down), nesmysl (balderdash, rubbish, stuff, absurdity, nonsense), napálit (dupe, bamboozle, con, swipe, beat), lež (lie, falsehood, untruth, whopper, fable), humbuk (humbug, eyewash, kid, blague, flam). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Charentais	Menterie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Charentais, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified	假话 (flam, flams, fib, lie, untruth), 胡扯 (blab, baloney, waffle, ballocks, blather), 谎 (lies, to lie, flam, flams), 诡计 (deceit, machination, artifice, chicanery, deception), 感压焰 (manometric flam). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional	詭計 (deceit, ruse, wile, deception, gadget), 胡扯 (baloney, blab, waffle, ballocks, blather), 謊 (confer such title, lies, to lie, posthumous title, flam), 假話 (flam, flams). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Chtimi	Mintirie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Chtimi, Belgium, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Comtois	Menterie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Comtois, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse	Bugia (blunder, boner, corker, Craver, deceit), Bugìa (invention, fiction, falsehood, contrivance, fib). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi	Bugia (blunder, boner, corker, Craver, deceit), Bugìa (invention, fiction, falsehood, contrivance, fib). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican	Bugia (blunder, boner, corker, Craver, deceit), Bugìa (invention, fiction, falsehood, contrivance, fib). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso	Bugia (blunder, boner, corker, Craver, deceit), Bugìa (invention, fiction, falsehood, contrivance, fib). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu	Bugia (blunder, boner, corker, Craver, deceit), Bugìa (invention, fiction, falsehood, contrivance, fib). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech	podvod (deception, imposture, deceit, swindle, trickery), izmišljotina (artifice, concoction, fib, figment, flam), podvést (dupe, circumvent, defraud, fob, let down), nesmysl (balderdash, rubbish, stuff, absurdity, nonsense), napálit (dupe, bamboozle, con, swipe, beat), lež (lie, falsehood, untruth, whopper, fable), humbuk (humbug, eyewash, kid, blague, flam). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish	Flam (Flam). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk	Flam (Flam). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari	حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), بامبول زدن (humbug, flam), بامبول (flam), لاف وگزاف (flam), الف وگزاف (flam). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch	praatje (rumor, rumour, chat, talk, cafabulation), bedotterij (mystification, flam, have, sell, shave). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Eesti	udujutt (flam, gas). Additional references: Eesti, Estonia, Finland, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ena	սուտ (false, lie, cram, crammer, deceit). Additional references: Ena, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermeni Dili	սուտ (false, lie, cram, crammer, deceit). Additional references: Ermeni Dili, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermenice	սուտ (false, lie, cram, crammer, deceit). Additional references: Ermenice, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Estonian	udujutt (flam, gas). Additional references: Estonian, Estonia, Finland, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Français	mensonge (lie, falsehood, fib, lying, corker). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Franc-comtois	Menterie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Franc-comtois, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
French	mensonge (lie, falsehood, fib, lying, corker). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Haieren	սուտ (false, lie, cram, crammer, deceit). Additional references: Haieren, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Halh	худал юм (fable, Flam), санаанаасаа зохиосон їг (Flam). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Halh (transliteration)	khudal yum (fable, Flam), sanaanaasaa zokhioson їg (Flam). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal	꾸며낸 이야기 (flam, ghost story, fable, invention, yarn), 기만 (beguilement, cozenage, humbuggery, flam, fraudulence), 거짓말 (lie, cracker, fib, story, tale), 거짓 (deceit, flam, makebelieve, untruth, fabrication), 야바위 (bunco, deception, humbug, Peter funk, scam), 속이다 (gull, chouse, cod, delude, disguise), 꾸민 이야기 (myth, fiction, fable, flam), 속임 속이다 (flam), 허위 (falsehood, untruth, falsity, mendacity, deceit), 속임수 (humbug, legerdemain, dodge, shenanigan, subterfuge). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua	꾸며낸 이야기 (flam, ghost story, fable, invention, yarn), 기만 (beguilement, cozenage, humbuggery, flam, fraudulence), 거짓말 (lie, cracker, fib, story, tale), 거짓 (deceit, flam, makebelieve, untruth, fabrication), 야바위 (bunco, deception, humbug, Peter funk, scam), 속이다 (gull, chouse, cod, delude, disguise), 꾸민 이야기 (myth, fiction, fable, flam), 속임 속이다 (flam), 허위 (falsehood, untruth, falsity, mendacity, deceit), 속임수 (humbug, legerdemain, dodge, shenanigan, subterfuge). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew	שְׁטוּת (absurdity, balderdash, blah, blather, blether), הוֹנָאָה (bilk, bunco, chicane, con, cozenage), הוֹנָה (bilk, bunco, bunko, cheat, chouse), רַמָּאוּת (bilk, bunko, con, cozenage, deceit), רִמָּה (bamboozle, bilk, bunco, bunko, catch). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic	كذبة (lie, deceit, story, tale, false). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian	nagyzolás (magniloquence, roistering, bluster, bung, cracker), nagyzol (to put it on, to ride the high horse, to gob, flam, gasconade). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian	mengecoh (flam, swindle, outwit). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian	Inganno (deceive, deception, swindle, cheat, deceit), Imbroglio (swindle, swindling, cheat, imbroglio, racket), Frottola (fib, lie, Flam, humbug, invention), fandonia (humbug, lie, corker, story, boloney). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit	שְׁטוּת (absurdity, balderdash, blah, blather, blether), הוֹנָאָה (bilk, bunco, chicane, con, cozenage), הוֹנָה (bilk, bunco, bunko, cheat, chouse), רַמָּאוּת (bilk, bunko, con, cozenage, deceit), רִמָּה (bamboozle, bilk, bunco, bunko, catch). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	作り話 (fabrication, fiction, myth, fable, made-up story), 突然の風 (flam), 欺くこと (bamboozlement, circumvention, deceit, deception, flam), フローム (flam), フラム (flam, Fulham), 虚偽 (falsehood, untrue, fiction, vanity, deceit), ぺてん (fraud, swindle, humbuggery, bunco, dupery), ごまかし (hanky-panky, deception, sham, bunk, cheat). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Kanuri	Katugu (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Kanuri, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Khalkha Mongolian	худал юм (fable, Flam), санаанаасаа зохиосон їг (Flam). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Khalkha (transliteration)	khudal yum (fable, Flam), sanaanaasaa zokhioson їg (Flam). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean	꾸며낸 이야기 (flam, ghost story, fable, invention, yarn), 기만 (beguilement, cozenage, humbuggery, flam, fraudulence), 거짓말 (lie, cracker, fib, story, tale), 거짓 (deceit, flam, makebelieve, untruth, fabrication), 야바위 (bunco, deception, humbug, Peter funk, scam), 속이다 (gull, chouse, cod, delude, disguise), 꾸민 이야기 (myth, fiction, fable, flam), 속임 속이다 (flam), 허위 (falsehood, untruth, falsity, mendacity, deceit), 속임수 (humbug, legerdemain, dodge, shenanigan, subterfuge). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Langadoc	Craque (crab, falsehood, fib, spider crab, untruth). Additional references: Langadoc, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Languedoc	Craque (crab, falsehood, fib, spider crab, untruth). Additional references: Languedoc, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Languedocien	Craque (crab, falsehood, fib, spider crab, untruth). Additional references: Languedocien, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Latvian	nieki (balderdash, blah, blether, bosh, fib), meli (cracker, crammer, falsehood, fib, flam). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Latviska	nieki (balderdash, blah, blether, bosh, fib), meli (cracker, crammer, falsehood, fib, flam). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Lengadoucian	Craque (crab, falsehood, fib, spider crab, untruth). Additional references: Lengadoucian, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettisch	nieki (balderdash, blah, blether, bosh, fib), meli (cracker, crammer, falsehood, fib, flam). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettish	nieki (balderdash, blah, blether, bosh, fib), meli (cracker, crammer, falsehood, fib, flam). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Lorrain	Boute (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story), Mantes (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Lorrain, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Lyonnais	Gandoise (history, story, joke, mockery, fairy tale), Craque (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Lyonnais, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar	nagyzolás (magniloquence, roistering, bluster, bung, cracker), nagyzol (to put it on, to ride the high horse, to gob, flam, gasconade). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Martinique Creole	Mantri (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story), Mantézon (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story), Mansonj (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Martinique Creole, Martinique, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongol	худал юм (fable, Flam), санаанаасаа зохиосон їг (Flam). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongol (transliteration)	khudal yum (fable, Flam), sanaanaasaa zokhioson їg (Flam). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongolian	худал юм (fable, Flam), санаанаасаа зохиосон їг (Flam). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongolian (transliteration)	khudal yum (fable, Flam), sanaanaasaa zokhioson їg (Flam). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian	ikke--flam (non flam). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Occitani	Craque (crab, falsehood, fib, spider crab, untruth). Additional references: Occitani, France, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi	حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), بامبول زدن (humbug, flam), بامبول (flam), لاف وگزاف (flam), الف وگزاف (flam). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian	حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), بامبول زدن (humbug, flam), بامبول (flam), لاف وگزاف (flam), الف وگزاف (flam). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi)	حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), بامبول زدن (humbug, flam), بامبول (flam), لاف وگزاف (flam), الف وگزاف (flam). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Picard	Mintirie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Picard, Belgium, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish	bujda (fib, baloney, flam, humbug, spoof), zrobić w balona (angle, curve, Dick, dicky, flam), wykiwać (angle, bilk, cross beam, cross-grained, cross-over), oszukać (bamboozle, cheat, deceive, dupe, trick), okantować (border, cheat, do, edge, sell), nabrać (acquire, banter, gather, take, angle), kantować (swindle, bevel, cheat, square, swindled), gadka-szmatka (confabulation, flam, flimsiness, jive). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch	bujda (fib, baloney, flam, humbug, spoof), zrobić w balona (angle, curve, Dick, dicky, flam), wykiwać (angle, bilk, cross beam, cross-grained, cross-over), oszukać (bamboozle, cheat, deceive, dupe, trick), okantować (border, cheat, do, edge, sell), nabrać (acquire, banter, gather, take, angle), kantować (swindle, bevel, cheat, square, swindled), gadka-szmatka (confabulation, flam, flimsiness, jive). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski	bujda (fib, baloney, flam, humbug, spoof), zrobić w balona (angle, curve, Dick, dicky, flam), wykiwać (angle, bilk, cross beam, cross-grained, cross-over), oszukać (bamboozle, cheat, deceive, dupe, trick), okantować (border, cheat, do, edge, sell), nabrać (acquire, banter, gather, take, angle), kantować (swindle, bevel, cheat, square, swindled), gadka-szmatka (confabulation, flam, flimsiness, jive). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese	sugestão (suggestion, hint, the power of suggestion, tip, contrivance), invenção (invention, fiction, figment, device, coinage), idéia (conception, brainchild, cogitation, conceit, concept), escamoso (scaly, squamous, flaky, Flam, scaliest), dispositivo (device, appliance, mechanism, gadget, apparatus), capacidade inventiva (contrivance, Flam), artifício (trick, trickery, subterfuge, artifice, claptrap). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Reunionais	Menterie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Reunionais, Reunion, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Rouchi	Mintirie (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Rouchi, Belgium, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi	lögn (lie, whopper, fabrication, fib, fable), falsarium (falsification, flam, forgery). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian	развал шпангоута (flam), фальшивка (fake, counterfeit, fabrication, flam, forgery), обмануть (cheat, deceive, go back on, circumvent, do brown). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration)	razval shpangouta (flam), falʹshivka (fake, counterfeit, fabrication, flam, forgery), obmanutʹ (cheat, deceive, go back on, circumvent, do brown). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki	развал шпангоута (flam), фальшивка (fake, counterfeit, fabrication, flam, forgery), обмануть (cheat, deceive, go back on, circumvent, do brown). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration)	razval shpangouta (flam), falʹshivka (fake, counterfeit, fabrication, flam, forgery), obmanutʹ (cheat, deceive, go back on, circumvent, do brown). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Santiago Crioulu	Ka-si (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story), Invurdádi (falsehood, fib, untruth, deceit, story). Additional references: Santiago Crioulu, Cape Verde, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration)	laž (crammer, falsehood, flam, lie, story), izmišljotina (fabrication, fiction, figment, flam, artifice), varka (delusion, artifice, chimera, deceit, deception), podvala (fraud, gouge, hoax, humbug, imposture), izmišljati (contrive, fabricate, engineer, fable, flam). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland	Flam (Flam). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Somkhuri	սուտ (false, lie, cram, crammer, deceit). Additional references: Somkhuri, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	mentira (lie, bounce, fabrication, falsehood, flam), falsedad (falseness, misrepresentation, untruth, falsehood, falsity), embuste (lie, mendacity, swindle, bamboozle, bouncer). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska	lögn (lie, whopper, fabrication, fib, fable), falsarium (falsification, flam, forgery). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish	lögn (lie, whopper, fabrication, fib, fable), falsarium (falsification, flam, forgery). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish	yalan (falsehood, lie, untruth, untruthful, fabrication), uydurma (fiction, fabrication, untruthful, fib, fictitious), hile (deception, fraud, artifice, humbug, pretense), davula vurulan tek vuruş (flam). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian	нісенітниця (abracadabra, applesauce, balderdash, bilge, blah), брехня (lie, fib, lying, untruth, bouncer). Additional references: Ukrainian, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration)	nіsenіtnitsya (abracadabra, applesauce, balderdash, bilge, blah), brekhnya (lie, fib, lying, untruth, bouncer). Additional references: Ukrainian, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
West Indies French	Bleu (falsehood, fib, untruth, bluing, deceit). Additional references: West Indies French, Caribbean, Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe	them një gënjeshtër (fib, flam), rënie e daulles (dub, flam), gjepura (nonsense, apple sauce, balderdash, baloney, blague), gënjeshtër (lie, fib, circumvention, deceit, deceitfulness). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), Flam. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).		Top

Language	Translations for “Flam” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	flathagam (flam). Additional references: Athag, Flam. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	flagam (flam). Additional references: Double Dutch, Flam. (volunteer)
Leet	*\|[-]\|_^^^** (flam). Additional references: Leet, Flam. (volunteer)
Oppish	flopam (flam). Additional references: Oppish, Flam. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	Amflay (Flam). Additional references: Pig Latin, Flam. (volunteer)
Terran B	Manteri (flam). Additional references: Terran B, Flam. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	flubam (flam). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Flam. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.		Top

Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: FLAM

Language	Period	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Old French	900 - 1400	trufe (deception, falsehood, fraud, deceit, fib), treslüe (deception, falsehood, fraud, deceit, fib), losenge (flattery, deception, falsehood, fraud, blandishment), losange (flattery, deception, falsehood, fraud, blandishment), borde (hut, cabin, joke, shack, falsehood), bole (deception, falsehood, fraud, deceit, fib), barate (embarrassment, perplexity, abashment, falsehood, ruse), barat (embarrassment, perplexity, abashment, falsehood, ruse), faille (error, torch, mistake, end, shortage). Additional references: Old French, Flam. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.			Top