blarney

blarney
    n 1: flattery designed to gain favor [syn: {blarney}, {coaxing},
         {soft soap}, {sweet talk}]
    v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
         flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn:
         {wheedle}, {cajole}, {palaver}, {blarney}, {coax}, {sweet-
         talk}, {inveigle}]
    

Blarney \Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blarneyed} (-n[i^]d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Blarneying}.]
   To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make
   or accomplish by blarney. "Blarneyed the landlord." --Irving.
   [1913 Webster]

         Had blarneyed his way from Long Island.  --S. G.
                                                  Goodrich.
   [1913 Webster]
    

blarney \blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[y^]), n. [Blarney, a village and
   castle near Cork in Ireland.]
   Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]

   {Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in
      1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the
      use of blarney.

   Note: The origin of the stone is uncertain. In order to kiss
         the Blarney stone, which is located in the side of the
         castle, one must be held upside-down by the feet and
         lowered into the proper position from an opening in an
         overhang in the parapet. It is an experience eschewed
         by some tourists.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]
    

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "blarney":
      adulation, banter, blandish, blandishment, bunkum, cajole,
      cajolement, cajolery, compliment, con, eyewash, fair words,
      fawning, flattery, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense,
      oil, palaver, praise, pretty lies, soap, soft soap, soft-soap,
      sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sweet-talk, sycophancy,
      wheedle, wheedling