snow job

noun, Slang.
1.
an attempt to deceive or persuade by using flattery or exaggeration.
Origin
1940-45
British Dictionary definitions for snow job

snow job

noun
1.
(slang, mainly US & Canadian) an instance of deceiving or overwhelming someone with elaborate often insincere talk
Slang definitions & phrases for snow job

snow job

noun phrase

Strong and persistent persuasion, esp in a dubious cause; an overwhelming advocacy: This is no snow job, either. I wish I had 25 Jerry Koosmans/ Don't let Slattery give you a snow job and get you into trouble (WWII armed forces)

verb

: I was snow-jobbed into giving the maximum

[fr the idea of snowing under with insistent reasons; now probably reinforced by the narcotics sense of snow]


Idioms and Phrases with snow job

snow job

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