Phil “Shiller”
Merriam-Webster, by all accounts a big player in the word game, decreed that the Word of the Day for February 27th was:shill
Apparently a verb (I had been thinking of it as a proper noun, or sometimes just as proper), their definitions follow.
1 : to act as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler)
*2 : to act as a spokesperson or promoter
I will focus on definition 2 for now, and leave the first to those more clever than I. Clearly from this information we can see that Phil is the perfect man for the job (of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing) and the job is perfect for him. It’s what he was literally born to do.
Which brings up the question, is he descended from a long line of spokespersons? Like a long dynasty of protectors of the sacred art of promotion, when you are born into that name it becomes your destiny.
“But wait,” some of you object. “Schiller has a c in it and shill does not!” Well that is easy to explain my friends: the extra c is for Canadia.