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trickeration

just heard the announcer use the word “trickeration” on a college football game.

had to look it up to see if it was real.

trick·er·a·tion | ˌtrikəˈrāSHən |.
noun US informal.
(chiefly in African American usage) trickery or deception: they felt the need to resort to cheap trickeration to achieve success.
ORIGIN. 1930s: from trickery + -ation; earliest use found in the title of a song performed by jazz singer Cab Calloway.