song and dance

song and dance

noun

Definition of SONG AND DANCE

language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions <instead of simply denying our request, the mayor's representative gave us a song and dance about legal issues and municipal liability>

Synonyms bafflegab, double-talk, gobbledygook (also gobbledegook), rigmarole (also rigamarole), song and dance

Related Words bureaucratese, computerese, educationese, governmentese, legalese, Pentagonese, psychobabble, technobabble; bombast, fustian, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, hype, oratory, rhetoric, wind