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- etymology - Origin of the word shill (shillaber) - English Language . . .
Shill is probably an abbreviation of shillaber (so in the OED), whose origin is said to be unknown The development from shillaber to shill does not prove that the longer word had initial stress: cf prof from professor and, conversely, 'burbs from suburbs Could shillaber be an extended form of Germ Schieber 'black marketeeer' (* shi-la-ber)?
- Revision df4aaba0-252f-4e69-be09-2501c763be51 - English Language . . .
Shill typically refers to someone who purposely gives onlookers the impression that he or she is an enthusiastic independent customer of a seller (or marketer of ideas) that he or she is secretly working for
- What is a word to describe blatant praise by a shill?
I'm looking for a word to describe an article published in a newspaper that's written by a shill Basically a word that describes the article as blatant over the top praise without perspective I k
- I am looking for a seventeenth century word for a shill
A 'shill' is a con artist's accomplice I have seen your discussion on the etymology of this word which is likely to be early twentieth century, but I need an earlier word for a story I am writing
- Non-derogatory word for shill? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Shill, plant, astroturfing all the words that come to mind are negative (probably because the act deliberately creates a false impression, and people don’t like to be made fools of)
- Term for people paid to post bad reviews of a product
An Internet shill is someone who promotes something or someone online for pay without divulging that they are associated with the entity they shill for Example, 1) huffingtonpost com, A group of researchers at UCSB studied the growing practice of hiring cyber shills who are paid to manually inflate positive reviews and ratings
- Usage of shall we? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If you are in a situation where a group is gathering to do something (go out for lunch, start a meeting, etc ), "Shall we?" would mean something like "Are we now all ready and is it now time to proceed with what we are here for?" (Or more simply, "Should we now proceed?", but that explains "shall" in terms of "should" )
- What is the meaning of a shell of its former self?
There are an awful lot of written instances of {He was a} mere husk shadow of his former {self}, which is effectively exactly the same relatively transparent imagery, but probably has no "etymological" connection to the shell version being queried here So if we define an "idiom" as a usage where the (conventionally established) meaning has to be learned (isn't obvious from the literal wording
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