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
CyanSIE-anEnglish (Rare)
Marcelmar-SEL (French), MAHR-tsel (Polish), MAHR-sel (Dutch, German)French, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German
HesiodHES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Mariazinha-Portuguese
Elvar-Icelandic
Zairadzah-EE-rahItalian