Etymology: Barbados
Definition:
1.
a. A thin sheet or strip of flexible material, such as a cellulose derivative or a thermoplastic resin, coated with a photosensitive emulsion and used to make photographic negatives or transparencies.
b. A thin sheet or strip of developed photographic negatives or transparencies.
Editor's note: The usage of the word 'flim' in bajan culture is one has always managed to escape me. I've never understood it's derivation from the original word 'film' and I can vividly remember pointing out to people, "Look, see! it's spelt F-I-L-M", to no avail. Strangely enough, it's used exclusively in reference to those definitions above and not extended to other items that are covered by film e.g. membranes, thin layers etc.
2.
a. A movie.
b. Movies considered as a group.
Editor's note: The usage of the word 'flim' in bajan culture is one has always managed to escape me. I've never understood it's derivation from the original word 'film' and I can vividly remember pointing out to people, "Look, see! it's spelt F-I-L-M", to no avail. Strangely enough, it's used exclusively in reference to those definitions above and not extended to other items that are covered by film e.g. membranes, thin layers etc.
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