ginger talk

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A speech, particularly one given to salespeople, aimed at inspiring and boosting confidence. US,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] the psychology of salesmanship, when it does not degenerate into a collection of bromidic maxims or a brisk and stimulating bit of “ginger talk,” consists for the most part of the general facts of human nature […]

词形变化

ginger talks plural

词源

From the idea of gingering a horse to make it seem more lively, or adding ginger to spice up a food or beverage; compare ginger group. Perhaps coined by Worthington C. Holman, author of Ginger Talks: The Talks of a Sales Manager to His Men (1905).
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