Flak vs Flam - What's the difference?
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Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
* 1964 , David John Cawdell Irving, The Destruction of Dresden ,
* 2007 , Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944 , footnote,
Anti-aircraft shell fire.
* 1943 November 29, Target: Germany'', in '' ,
* 1999 , Brian O'Neill, Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer ,
(figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.
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* 1990 , Joel H. Spring, The American School, 1642-1990 ,
(informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
* 2006 , , A Propaganda Model'', in 2006 [2001], Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Douglas Kellner (editors), ''Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks , revised edition,
A freak or whim.
A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
* All pretences to the contrary are nothing but cant and cheat, flam and delusion. 1692
* South
(obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
* South
Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.
As nouns the difference between flak and flam
is that flak is ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells while flam is a freak or whim.As a verb flam is
to deceive with a falsehood.flak
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(wikipedia flak)Alternative forms
* flack (adverse criticism and spokesperson senses)Noun
page 74,
- to consider whether the city was in February 1945 an undefended city within the meaning of the 1907 Hague Convention, it will be necessary to examine the establishment and subsequent total dispersal of the city's flak batteries, before the date of the triple blow.
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- He was promoted to general of flak' artillery on March 1, 1945, and ended the war as the general of the ' flak arm at OKL, the High Command of the Luftwaffe.
page 80,
- ''At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o'clock, below.
page 118,
- I could hear the fragments from the flak shells hitting the plane like someone throwing rocks at it.
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- This filter Herman and Chomsky call “flak',” which refers to letters, speeches, phone calls, and other forms of group and individual complaints. Advertisers and broadcasters avoid programming content that might cause large volumes of ' flak .
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- AIM head, Reed Irvine's diatribes are frequently published, and right-wing network flaks who regularly assail the “liberal media,” such as Michael Ledeen, are given Op-ed column space, sympathetic reviews, and a regular place on talk shows as experts.
Synonyms
* AAA, triple-A * ack-ackSee also
* flak jacket ----flam
English
Etymology 1
17th century; from flim-flam,Flimflam / Claptrap], [http://www.word-detective.com The Word Detective, 2009–04–13 itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse
Noun
(en noun)- A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity.
Verb
- God is not to be flammed off with lies.