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...fans like to complain about too much shill in sports, where even the scoreboard has a sponsor. As it stands, a relief pitcher in baseball can't enter the ninth inning without announcers mentioning Rolaids or the NYNEX "call to the bullpen." If this keeps up much longer, expectorating on the field will have a sponsor. But there's a good side to corporate ownership. It gives the fan a new way to enjoy the game: buying shares in the company that owns the team...
Whether our furry friend was a hired shill or just (as recent Salient articles would suggest) the council's accountant pulling double duty is unclear. This singularly bizarre display only confirms the public relations genius that we have all come to expect from the council...
...rhetoric, the pro-amendment forces astutely realize that sometimes deficit spending is necessary and thus have stipulated that Congress could violate its new iron-clad rule by a three-fifths majority. Like the Gramm-Rudman bill that came before it, the Balanced Budget Amendment is as toothless as Superpolygrip shill Marta Raye...
...Rivers, who has sold $60 million worth of clothing and jewelry on QVC, hawks everything from breadmakers and hair bows to books on faith healing on Can We Shop. She also brings on other celebrities to promote their wares: Dolly Parton appeared as one of Rivers' first guests to shill her own line of "goof-proof" Revlon cosmetics, for which the singer has also completed an upcoming infomercial. Rivers sees herself as the pioneer of a new genre combining selling with show biz. "This is entertainment in big letters," she says. "You're not getting close-ups of snake chains...
There is no doubt that commercialism has reached its high tide, and organized religion its low ebb, when the faithful shill for the Prince of Peace, slogan courtesy of the "King of Beers." Perhaps the clever Budweiser motif can continue. Maybe we'll soon see bumper stickers emblazoned with the logo, "Jesus: Proud to be Your Bud!" It may be crass, but it will sure be an attention-grabber...