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snow job

noun

, Slang.
  1. an attempt to deceive or persuade by using flattery or exaggeration.


snow job

noun

  1. slang.
    an instance of deceiving or overwhelming someone with elaborate often insincere talk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of snow job1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Idioms and Phrases

An effort to deceive, persuade, or overwhelm with insincere talk. For example, Peter tried to give the officer a snow job about an emergency at the hospital but he got a speeding ticket all the same . This slangy expression, originating in the military during World War II, presumably alludes to the idiom snow under .
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Example Sentences

Yes, the problem for a sober-eyed culture warrior like you is that this French snow job seems to be winning over America.

They tried to pull a big snow job, saying public relations and so on and so forth, just to sort of impress me, and they did.

Fredericks knew enough of general psi theory to know when somebody was handing him a snow job.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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