F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Vocabulary

a shill = someone who pretends to give impartial endorsement of something in which they actually have an interest. Someone who pretends to be neutral but actually isn’t.
“a megamillionaire who makes more money as a shill for corporate products than he does for playing basketball”

proselytize = attempt to convert other people to your faith, belief or opinions
Christians and Muslim proselytize a lot, by trying to convert people to their faith. Jews don’t.

a given = an established fact or situation
Having to work hard to make it to Harvard is a given.
They finally said that they would launch a new model this year, but at this point, it was already a given. Nobody was surprised.