Definitions from Wiktionary (snake oil)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
▸ noun:  A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
▸ noun:  A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.
▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
▸ Also see snake_oil


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