bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid
addressing a difficult subject or situation
directly.
"a simple admittance of ignorance was
much to be preferred to any amount of
flannel"
synonyms: smooth talk • [more]
VERB BRITISH informal
use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing
a difficult subject or situation directly.
"he apologised for the situation and then
flanneled on about ramping up
production"
synonyms: use flattery • [more]
FLANEL:
BRITISH informal
bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly.
"a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel" synonyms: smooth talk • [more]
VERB BRITISH informal use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly. "he apologised for the situation and then flanneled on about ramping up production" synonyms: use flattery • [more]