Definition of sug in English:
sug
verbsugged, sugging, sugs sʌɡsəɡ
[no object]informal Sell or attempt to sell a product under the guise of conducting market research.
a market researcher claims the firm is sugging
Example sentencesExamples
- It's not just unethical practices like "push-polling" and "sugging" that influence survey respondents.
- I was a victim of sugging the other day when a foreign call centre gave me every impression it was conducting market research about attitudes to tax.
- This practice, along with continued ‘sugging’ and ‘frugging,’ accelerates the tend, as Democratic pollster Mark Melman observed in a 1996 interview with John Nielson broadcast on National Public Radio's ‘All Things Considered.’
Origin
1980s: acronym from sell under the guise.