fast talk



fast talk

1. noun Speech that is fervent, persuasive, glib, and (usually) manipulative or deceptive in intention. These door-to-door salesmen are adept at fast talk, trying to convince you to buy something before you can consider the purchase properly. The CEO always had a lot of fast talk lined up if anyone challenged the ethics of the company's business transactions.
2. verb (usually hyphenated) To speak in a fervent, facile, and (usually) manipulatively or deceptively persuasive manner. Be careful when you speak to the police—their detectives could fast-talk you into believing you'd killed your own mother.
See also: fast, talk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yonatan-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Micaiahmie-KAY-ə (English), mi-KIE-ə (English)Biblical
Chatzkel-Yiddish
Jordaanyawr-DAH:NDutch
MphatsoMPAH-tsoSouthern African, Chewa
ÉMilee-MEELFrench