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Snake Oil Definition

snake oil

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Noun

snake oil (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
  2. A type of 19th century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.
  3. (idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
  4. (idiomatic) Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.

 

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