flim

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English

Noun

flim (plural flims)

  1. Clipping of flim-flam (“confidence trick”).

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪm/
  • Hyphenation: flim

Noun

flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim)

  1. film
    Tek out di flim outta di camera.
    Take the film out of the camera.
    • 2009, Richard Koss, Giamaica (in Italian), →ISBN, page 348:
      “I giamaicani spesso invertono l'ordine delle lettere o le cambiano, dicendo per esempio flim al posto di 'film', o cerfiticket invece di 'certificate' (certificato). […] ”
      Jamaicans often invert the order of letters or change them, saying, for example, flim instead of 'film', or cerfiticket instead of certificate

See also

Middle English

Noun

flim

  1. Alternative form of flum
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