snow job

American  

noun

Slang.

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

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snow job British  

noun

1. slang an instance of deceiving or overwhelming someone with elaborate often insincere talk

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snow job Idioms  

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of snow job

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

I want a ‘bark-off’ study — no snow job — on my desk in two weeks as to what the reason for the failure is.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2015

"Don't believe that snow job about the kids joining gangs to protect themselves."

From Time Magazine Archive

Lumumba repeated his snow job with some added embellishments.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aside from that snow job, the Russian press allowed only that Castro and Khrushchev were "talking about matters of interest to both parties."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Sight Gag by Janifer, Laurence M.