Help me? I did not invent the word or term. Nor did I have anything to do with its various meanings and uses. I was attempting to show that it’s official definition does apply in many cases to the way the terminology is used here. So, your comment makes zero sense and I think you have confused my post with someone else’s.
But to be clear, and to serve as a refresher on the post you quoted above. Here is the definition link I posted: (bolded and underlined for emphasis)
“snake oil
/ˈsnāk ˌoil/
noun
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
noun:
snake oil; noun:
snakeoil
- a substance with no real medicinal value sold as a remedy for all diseases.
- a product, policy, etc. of little real worth or value that is promoted as the solution to a problem.
"the new tax plan was denounced as snake oil"