The word for today is…
flimflam (noun) – 1. Nonsense; humbug.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : Also flim-flam, 1530s, a contemptuous echoic construction, perhaps connected to some unrecorded dialectal word from Scandinavian (compare Old Norse flim “a lampoon”). From 1650s as a verb.
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The clock is ticking. November is not far away. National can keep telling itself things will turn around or it can face the facts staring at it in every poll. Right now the facts say Luxon is the problem.
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