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On 10 Mar 2007, Richard Russell verbalised:
> To spruik (pronounced: sprook) is to stand in a public place (usually
> in front of the shop you're spruiking) with a megaphone or PA system,
> and try and sell stuff to passers-by. It's the spam of the Australian
> high street. :-)

Ah.

The London versions are charity mugging (`give to us, no, us, no, *US*')
and, recently, the near-forcing of free newspapers of extremely
dubious quality onto one.

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  --- Bruce Schneier on the shortage of company names
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