Snow Job (Noun)
Meaning
A long and elaborate misrepresentation.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The politician's speech was a complete snow job, full of empty promises and vague assurances.
- The company's financial reports turned out to be a snow job, hiding the true extent of their debt and financial struggles.
- The used car salesman gave me a snow job about the car's history and condition, but I later discovered it had been in a major accident.
- The professor's explanation of the complex theory was a snow job, using technical jargon to obscure the fact that he didn't really understand it himself.
- The company's PR department put out a snow job of a press release, downplaying the severity of the environmental disaster and shifting the blame to someone else.