Persuade with flattery

Usage examples of softsoap.

I felt a little twinge of guilt at xiolating Cilghal's caution, but softsoaping facts wasn't going to help New Republic Intelligence deal with the situation.

And the Shit audience—sub-age twenty-five, generally subliterate consumers of the planet's trendiest soft drink—were showing themselves amenable to subtle Bootstrap persuasion, mixed in with their diet of endless softsoaps and thongathons.

What they are doing now—pumping out free twenty-four-hour sports, comedy, softsoaps, and synth-rock on TV—is a somewhat more practical response.

And the Shit audience -- sub-age twenty-five, generally subliterate consumers of the planet's trendiest soft drink -- were showing themselves amenable to subtle Bootstrap persuasion, mixed in with their diet of endless softsoaps and thongathons.

What they are doing now -- pumping out free twenty-four-hour sports, comedy, softsoaps, and synth-rock on TV -- is a somewhat more practical response.