shpiel

Toss out a ten-dollar word, quote a classic, or in a brainstorming session — craft an ass-kicking idea out of whole cloth and you'll get a back-handed compliment version of Geraldo's shpiel at some point.

“Hello Malcolm...Hello Martin...” 2008

Toss out a ten-dollar word, quote a classic, or in a brainstorming session — craft an ass-kicking idea out of whole cloth and you'll get a back-handed compliment version of Geraldo's shpiel at some point.

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

We will hear of lessons that have been learned, sorrow, weeping policmen and the whole shpiel.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

I promptly joined the Evanston branch, posted my shpiel, and have been picking up lots of winter gear from local freecyclers ever since.

Aint No Santa without those Elves 2009

I knew that Hillary's shpiel about her experience in this and her experience in that was fake.

Gallup: Obama Leads Hillary Nationally By Three Points 2009

One thing that was odd to me was the use of “shpiel” in English to mean “sales pitch.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity 2009

It was like trying to tell them more than the standard “you are not alone” shpiel.

"Of all the debates Sullivan has been embroiled in, his collision with the gay left is the hardest to reconstruct..." Ann Althouse 2009

Hed been through the same shpiel, he said, many times when my mother called the elders to come over and pay the family a visit of encouragement.

I'm Perfect, You're Doomed Kyria Abrahams 2009

We gave our shpiel and confirmed that the boy in the baseball cap with the skull tattoo on his forearm was one of the registered voters in the house.

Shaun Gatter: Campaign Journal: Canvassing for Mandela and Obama in Bristol, PA 2008

I guess hearing Negativland deliver an antireligion shpiel at Highline was kind of like ... well, it was kind of like hearing them deliver it in church.

Hank Shteamer: Double Negative: Negativland At The Highline Ballroom 2008