snake oil

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snake oil

1. A worthless preparation fraudulently peddled as a cure for many ills.

2. Speech or writing intended to deceive; humbug.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

snake oil

1. any pseudo-medical remedy endorsed by a non-qualified person

2. talk that is intended to impress others but is insincere or deceiving

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

snake′ oil`

a liquid concoction of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, esp. by traveling hucksters.

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Noun	1.	snake oil - (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques liquid - a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
	2.	snake oil - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive humbug deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

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