Terms vs Flam - What's the difference?
terms | flam |
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 terms and flam
is that terms is while flam is flame.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.