On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Luke Paireepinart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Devon Scott-Tunkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > >> I'm liking snake oil as well. > > > You guys know that snake oil is a term referring to items that are said to > be good but are basically placebos, or at the worst, even dangerous? > [snake oil] is also applied metaphorically<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor>to any product with exaggerated marketing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing> but questionable or unverifiable quality. a'la http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil
