Probably a dialectal form of shame.
Alternatively, sham is a term that is used to describe the bottom thick base of a glass, usually a wine or stem glass, where the stem meets the bulbous shape bowl. Glass manufacturers would increase the "sham" to deceive customers into thinking a glass holds more than it actually does. For example, a manufacturer would mold a 12oz glass with a larger "sham" in the base to reduce the volume of the glasses to fit 10-11oz of liquid. By increasing the bulge in the base, usually where the stem meets the glass, it is almost impossible to visually distinguish the difference. This gives the illusion the glass size is the same as any another 12oz glass, but the inside will hold a lesser volume. Later, bringing use to the term "you got shammed" when one party tries to hide something and/or get over on the other party using deceiving tactics.
Meanings
Intended to deceive; false.
Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler. 2021 March 18, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, “Former Florida state senator charged in spoiler candidate scheme”, in CNN:
It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
Counterfeit; unreal.
For this young lady was not able to carry out any emotion to the full; but had a sham enthusiasm, a sham hatred, a sham love, a sham taste, a sham grief, each of which flared and shone very vehemently for an instant, but subsided and gave place to the next sham emotion. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 345:
For the subject-cities, having secured a moderate form of government, and having no fear of being called to account for their proceedings, aimed at absolute freedom; they scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. 1881, Benjamin Jowett, transl., Thucydides, Oxford: Clarendon Press, VIII.64, p. 592:
But the artist[…] is equally famous for his drinking, gambling, his turbulent relationships, his famously chaotic studio, and for the mordant toast frequently attributed to him: “Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.” 2024 May 23, Sam Jones, “Spanish police recover Francis Bacon painting worth €5m”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
cs naoko (intended to deceive) · ru фикти́вный (intended to deceive) · eo trompa (intended to deceive) · ota ساخته (intended to deceive) · pl udawany (intended to deceive) · bg подправен (intended to deceive) · it fasullo (intended to deceive) · fi näennäinen (intended to deceive) · es falso (intended to deceive) · ro păcăleală (intended to deceive) · bg престорен (intended to deceive) · es sacha (intended to deceive) · ru фальшивый (intended to deceive) · ota یالان (intended to deceive) · eo falsa (intended to deceive) · de Schein- (intended to deceive) · ca fals (intended to deceive) · hu ál- (intended to deceive) · cmn 偽 /伪 (intended to deceive) · es fingido (intended to deceive) · ota یالانجی (intended to deceive) · de falsch (intended to deceive) · eo pseŭda (intended to deceive) · es ficticio (intended to deceive) · cs předstíraný (intended to deceive) · cs falešný (intended to deceive)
Probably a dialectal form of shame.
Alternatively, sham is a term that is used to describe the bottom thick base of a glass, usually a wine or stem glass, where the stem meets the bulbous shape bowl. Glass manufacturers would increase the "sham" to deceive customers into thinking a glass holds more than it actually does. For example, a manufacturer would mold a 12oz glass with a larger "sham" in the base to reduce the volume of the glasses to fit 10-11oz of liquid. By increasing the bulge in the base, usually where the stem meets the glass, it is almost impossible to visually distinguish the difference. This gives the illusion the glass size is the same as any another 12oz glass, but the inside will hold a lesser volume. Later, bringing use to the term "you got shammed" when one party tries to hide something and/or get over on the other party using deceiving tactics.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
The time-share deal was a sham.
(countable, uncountable) Trickery, hoaxing.
Tarzan would have none of it, and so he hunted alone that none might discover the sham that he was practicing. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 75:
A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
(countable, uncountable) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
(countable, uncountable) A decorative cover for a pillow.
Probably a dialectal form of shame.
Alternatively, sham is a term that is used to describe the bottom thick base of a glass, usually a wine or stem glass, where the stem meets the bulbous shape bowl. Glass manufacturers would increase the "sham" to deceive customers into thinking a glass holds more than it actually does. For example, a manufacturer would mold a 12oz glass with a larger "sham" in the base to reduce the volume of the glasses to fit 10-11oz of liquid. By increasing the bulge in the base, usually where the stem meets the glass, it is almost impossible to visually distinguish the difference. This gives the illusion the glass size is the same as any another 12oz glass, but the inside will hold a lesser volume. Later, bringing use to the term "you got shammed" when one party tries to hide something and/or get over on the other party using deceiving tactics.
Meanings
To deceive, cheat, lie.
they find themſelves Fool'd and Shamm'd (as we ſay) into a Conviction. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Abstemius, &c.] Fab[le] CCLIII. Demades the Orator.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 220:
He shammed a migraine to avoid the exam.
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
But we muſt have a care all this while, not to […] Sham Fallacyes upon the World for Current Reaſon 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] CLXII. A Nightingale and a Bat.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 144:
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
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fi huijata (to cheat or deceive) · fr tromper (to cheat or deceive) · lut səxʷʔiw̓adəb (to cheat or deceive) · fi puijata (to cheat or deceive) · ro păcăli (to cheat or deceive) · bg преструвам се (to cheat or deceive) · bg мамя (to cheat or deceive) · fr mentir (to cheat or deceive) · es fingir (to cheat or deceive) · fi huiputtaa (to cheat or deceive) · ru жу́льничать (to cheat or deceive) · de sich verstellen (to cheat or deceive) · ru притворя́ться (to cheat or deceive) · fr tricher (to cheat or deceive) · ru моше́нничать (to cheat or deceive)
So I orders a bottle, as if for myself; and, ‘Ma’am, says I, ‘will you take a glass of Sham—just one?’ 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volume I, London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC, page 34: