tubthumping

English

Etymology

tub +‎ thumping

Verb

tubthumping

1. Present participle of tubthump.
2. In politics or commercial promotion, aggressively attracting attention for something
   • 1914, Harper, Charles G., The Kentish Coast, page 344

     […] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […].

   • 1939, Railway Age, vol. 107, Oct.-Dec.

     But there is usually more to Automobile Week than good-natured tubthumping for the new passenger car models.

   • 1994, Stephen Vaughn, Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics, page 199

     "Our pictures avoid deliberate, tubthumping propaganda but they exude the spirit of democracy."

   • 2000, John Darling, What's in a Name?, no pagination

     By the way, this band's big breakthrough song, Tubthumping, has an interesting origin to its title. “Tubthumping” is British slang for political speeches.

Related terms

• tubthumper

See also

• rabblerousing
• stemwinder