insincere talk

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• sweet-talk — ► VERB informal ▪ persuade to do something by insincere flattery or kind words …   English terms dictionary

• empty talk — meaningless words, insincere words …   English contemporary dictionary

• sweet-talk — verb informal persuade (someone) to do something by insincere flattery or kind words …   English new terms dictionary

• Bunkum — insincere talk; claptrap; humbug (alteration of Buncombe, a county in the US, in North Carolina, from its Congressional representative s phrase, talking for Buncombe ) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• bunkum — /bung keuhm/, n. 1. insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents. 2. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug. Also, buncombe. [Amer.; after speech in 16th Congress, 1819 21, by F. Walker, who said he was bound to… …   Universalium

• bunkum — bun•kum or buncombe [[t]ˈbʌŋ kəm[/t]] n. 1) gov insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents 2) insincere talk; claptrap; humbug • Etymology: after speech in 16th Congress, 1819–21, by F. Walker, who said he …   From formal English to slang

• bunkum — /ˈbʌŋkəm / (say bungkuhm) noun 1. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug. 2. Chiefly US insincere speech making intended merely to please political constituents. Also, US, buncombe. {alteration of Buncombe, a county in the US, in North Carolina, from… …  

• bull — bull1 [bool] n. [ME bole < OE bula, a steer; akin to ON boli, Ger bulle < IE base * bhel : see BALL1] 1. the adult male of any bovine animal, as the ox, buffalo, etc. 2. the adult male of certain other large animals, as the elephant, elk,… …   English World dictionary

• cant — cant1 [kænt] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: cant to speak, talk like a beggar trying to get money (16 18 centuries), from Latin cantare; CHANT1] 1.) [U] insincere talk about moral or religious principles by someone who is pretending to be better… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bullshit — I.noun vulgar, but gaining in acceptance by some Exaggerated or insincere talk meant to impress others. Joe, this is a lot of bullshit! II.v vulgar to informal gaining in social acceptance by some To exaggerate or talk insincerely in an effort to …   Словарь американских идиом

• bullshit — n. & v. coarse sl. n. 1 (often as int.) nonsense, rubbish. 2 trivial or insincere talk or writing. v.intr. ( shitted, shitting) talk nonsense; bluff. Derivatives: bullshitter n. Etymology: BULL(3) + SHIT …   Useful english dictionary