The mantra of every salesperson alive, they promise the client unachievable results if they just sign on the line. Once the dream is sold, the operations team then needs to unravel the web of deceit sold and "recalibrate" the client's expectations (i.e., the nightmare).
Todd: " How did we lose our biggest client last week?"
Tyler: "It seems once they talked with Operations they realized there was no way they could make that deadline. Another classic example of 'sell the dream, live the nightmare."
Tyler: "It seems once they talked with Operations they realized there was no way they could make that deadline. Another classic example of 'sell the dream, live the nightmare."
by Grant Rampus July 31, 2016
Get the Sell the dream, live the nightmare mug.The opposite of buy-in. When a person or group cannot actually commit to something unless they are given something in return, usually for much greater that its actual value, and shamelessly at a ridiculous cost. The seller invests nothing, but lies about ownership when he or she is actually bought at the expense of the organization. There is no sense of pride, only personal gain.
The labor union cannot commit to anything, but if you give them over time or comp time, they will sell-in to anything, just so they can say they have ownership without actually investing their effort or commitment.
by ValientLaborer February 15, 2017
Get the Sell-in mug.People who jump on the bandwagon. Who listen to a song on the radio, decide they like it, and then suddenly call themselves punk. Where were you ten years ago, when we were skating around listening to punk rock. As i recall, you told us that our music s*#ked. One who can't think for themselves.
by ParkingLot April 7, 2004
Get the sell out mug.Propensity of one to be a sell-out and abandon one's beliefs and ideals for profit, power or self aggrandization
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Propensity of one to be a sell-out and abandon one's beliefs and ideals for profit, power or self aggrandization.
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Propensity of one to be a sell-out and abandon one's beliefs and ideals for profit, power or self aggrandization.
'Hey! Met up with Jack from accounting, he's going to be promoted CFO. --Given his sell-outability these past years, that does not surprise me. To think the fucker used to be a Marxist.'
by Skyrish April 19, 2015
Get the Sell-outability mug.Why would you try to sell someone down the river? That someone could accidentally be your grandmother.
by Sexydimma July 1, 2022
Get the Sell someone down the river mug.Good Charalette sold out b\c they change teir music so that 13 year old girls would like them. they said on their 1st cd that they hated mtv know they are on it everyday. fuck them
by Nicholas July 13, 2003
Get the sell out mug.the truth is..... all your definitions are wrong... you have to realize the difference between capitalism and selling out... selling out would be a punk band who says " fuck the man" then in 5 years goes and works for " the man" that is selling out.... 50 cent coming from the hood to making clothes and drinks and films with gunit in it is capitalism... that is making money by any which way you want and not having any limits. so you take advantage of that privliage and make your mother fucking money ....
get your mother fucking cake up and stop hating on people who are gettin thier cake up.... and by the way green day sucks period they have bad music regaurdless.
get your mother fucking cake up and stop hating on people who are gettin thier cake up.... and by the way green day sucks period they have bad music regaurdless.
green day is horrible. blink 182 is horrible. any commerical"punk" is horrible. emo is horrible .. kill yourselfs
metallica didnt sell out... they just suck now
metallica didnt sell out... they just suck now
by diddypop diddy April 13, 2006
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