salesy pitch
- noun
- /ˈseɪlzi pɪtʃ/
- Informal
- The email was full of salesy pitches that made me lose interest in the product.
Examples
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Many customers are turned off by salesy pitches and prefer honest advice.
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During the presentation, he avoided a salesy pitch and focused on solving our problems instead.
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Don't use a salesy pitch when talking to customers!
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I found his salesy pitch to be very off-putting.
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Many people dislike a salesy pitch because it often feels insincere and forceful.
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Her presentation relied too heavily on a salesy pitch, which made the audience uncomfortable.
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The marketing team decided to avoid a salesy pitch in favor of a more genuine approach.
Synonyms
A short talk to convince someone to buy something
A long talk that tries to convince people to buy something
A strong, pushy effort to make someone buy something
Flattering words that try to persuade someone but are not sincere
A way of selling that uses pushy, dishonest methods to get attention
Speech that tries to make someone buy something
A short lively speech that tries to attract customers
Smooth talk used to convince people, often by salespeople
A pushy method to make people buy things
How Promotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
salesy + pitch
The phrase is directly built from its parts: 'salesy' (= characteristic of sales or a salesperson, i.e. overly focused on selling) plus 'pitch' (a persuasive presentation). The overall meaning — a pushy or overtly sales-focused presentation — is compositionally predictable from the constituents, so learners who know the parts should grasp it.
Etymology
Salesy pitch comes from the older term sales pitch, where sales means selling and pitch means a short, persuasive talk. The small ending '-y' makes it feel 'too sales' or overly pushy and not sincere, so the phrase now means 'a message that is only trying to make a sale'.