Meaning of flummoxery | Babel Free

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An act or practice of flummoxing.

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“Most powers would be diffused among under-financed and ill-equipped 'ethnic' governments, with only the whites able to profit and prosper, much as they always have⟳. A certain price would have⟳ to be paid for such flummoxery, of course: prestigious and high-paying offices for complaisant black politicians and changes in the apartheid laws, of which they, as well as their followers and constituents, were frequently victims. The process⟳ began in 1975.”

“... its bosom, or accompanied by ironic comment⟳ about the flummoxery by which medical scientists deceived the rest⟳ of us into taking them seriously.”

““Lepers and scabs! You think⟳ I am dithering you? Me? Look⟳ what is talking! Shut⟳ your yap and open⟳ your ears, yammermouth! Look⟳ around you! We're prisoners. The Blue Men are in charge, and they plan⟳ to kill⟳ us as soon as they get⟳ what they want⟳. So smarten up and eyes front, Kine, if you want⟳ to see⟳ the end⟳ of the week. Whatever is happening is about to happen⟳ fast. You want⟳ to sober up, and talk⟳ without so much vinous crapulent goldbricking flummoxery?” The man's face⟳ fell.”

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