tubthumping

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of tubthump

2. 2

   Aggressive political or commercial promotion.

   • […] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […].
   • 1939, Railway Age, vol. 107, Oct.-Dec. But there is usually more to Automobile Week than good-natured tubthumping for the new passenger car models.
3. 3

   Brash, self-promoting.

   • "Our pictures avoid deliberate, tubthumping propaganda but they exude the spirit of democracy."

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