flim

Flim is a rarely used English term. In modern usage, it survives mainly as part of the reduplication flim-flam, a phrase meaning deceit, nonsense, or flimsy talk. As a standalone word, flim is obscure and not commonly listed as an independent entry in major dictionaries.

Historically, the fragment flim has appeared in dialectal or old-fashioned spellings and almost exclusively in connection with the phrase flim-flam. There is no widely recognized separate sense for flim in contemporary English, and usage outside the fixed expression is uncommon.

In popular culture, Flim is the name of one of the Flim and Flam brothers in the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The brothers travel as merchants and are depicted as rivals to other ponies. This usage demonstrates how the name Flim functions as a proper noun within a fictional universe.

Related terms include flim-flam (deception or nonsense) and other uses of the word film, which is etymologically distinct from flim. Because flim is not widely attested as an independent word, most references treat it as largely historical or culturally specific.