snow job
Deception through charm
A snow job is an attempt to deceive or persuade someone through insincere flattery, exaggeration, or an overwhelming barrage of talk.
The expression evokes being buried under a blizzard of words until you can't see clearly.
Someone giving you a snow job wants you to believe something or agree to something, and they're not above manipulation to get there.
The salesman gave me a real snow job about the car's history.
Argument against
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- shamFraudulent imitation
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
flimflam · ruse · hoax · bamboozle · hoodwink · dupe · swindle · grift
Excessive insincere praise
- charm offensiveCalculated effort to please
- sweet talkFlattering persuasion
- soft soapPersuasion through excessive flattery
- butter upFlatter insincerely for advantage
schmooze · cajole · coax · blandishment · wheedle · ingratiate · glad-hand · pitch
Make unclear intentionally
- bewilderCause utter confusion
- befuddleTo thoroughly confuse
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
blur · smokescreen · double-talk · doublespeak · gobbledygook · jargon · technobabble · word salad
Claim beyond the facts
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- inflationSustained price level increase
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
tall tale · stretching · overplay · aggrandizement · grandiosity · boasting · bragging · bluster
con
Argument against
hustle · flimflam · ruse · hoax · bamboozle · hoodwink · dupe · swindle · grift · racket
flattery
Excessive insincere praise
- charm offensiveCalculated effort to please
- sweet talkFlattering persuasion
- soft soapPersuasion through excessive flattery
butter up · schmooze · cajole · coax · blandishment · wheedle · ingratiate · glad-hand · pitch · sales talk
obfuscate
Make unclear intentionally
fog · blur · smokescreen · double-talk · doublespeak · gobbledygook · jargon · technobabble · word salad · runaround
overstatement
Claim beyond the facts
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- inflationSustained price level increase
puffery · tall tale · stretching · overplay · aggrandizement · grandiosity · boasting · bragging · bluster · bombast
- trickerytrick, deceive, mislead, hoax, ruse
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- exaggerationhyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, magnification, amplification
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
snow jobstraight talk
Honest, direct communication
plain truth · candor · transparency · straight shooting · telling it like it is
snow jobgetting to the point
Stating the essence plainly
brevity · cutting to the chase · simple truth · brass tacks · bottom line
job, snow, jobs, snowball, jobless, snowstorm, snowed, snowflake, snowman