Definitions by Spirit Bear
paytard
A paytard is someone who spends money indiscriminately, particularly on the Internet or on technology products.
Mike is such a paytard, he just spent another $400 on a new iPod 40GB even though he already had an iPod 20GB. Is it really that hard to clean up your music library?
paytard by Spirit Bear April 16, 2008
charismatic leader
A charismatic leader is someone who is able to assert authority over a person or group of people without any logical basis for rule using only their own charisma.
Some charismatic leaders include Jesus Christ, George W Bush, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and Steve Jobs.
charismatic leader by Spirit Bear September 21, 2007
in-vertising
In-vertising is a marketing strategy wherein the target audience is pressured into buying a product or service they may or may not need by the intentional insinuation that the audience member must buy the product in order to retain or boost their social standing. In-vertising is often a multi-part scheme which involves manipulation of pop media to increase the popularity of assets heralded herein to be critical to higher social function, such as a song, catch phrase or brand identification.
Some common examples of in-vertising:
Volkswagon's commercials often use obscure musical pieces, which are then pushed to radio and clubs, thereby becoming popular, having the effect that when people hear the tune they find it familiar and question "where have I heard this?" which leads back to Volkswagen's product, thus gaining market exposure for such product.
Apple uses a similar marketing tactic in which an obscure (or established) piece of music is played while the product is moved about on the screen in a pattern that draws the viewer's attention.
Such ads often employ other attention-drawing tactics such as the use of high contrast images (tagged in most of society's brain as the format for important alerts such as street signs and warning labels) and the repetition of recognizable catch phrases (ie "hi I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC").
Volkswagon's commercials often use obscure musical pieces, which are then pushed to radio and clubs, thereby becoming popular, having the effect that when people hear the tune they find it familiar and question "where have I heard this?" which leads back to Volkswagen's product, thus gaining market exposure for such product.
Apple uses a similar marketing tactic in which an obscure (or established) piece of music is played while the product is moved about on the screen in a pattern that draws the viewer's attention.
Such ads often employ other attention-drawing tactics such as the use of high contrast images (tagged in most of society's brain as the format for important alerts such as street signs and warning labels) and the repetition of recognizable catch phrases (ie "hi I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC").
in-vertising by Spirit Bear September 21, 2007
Hippy Tax
1. An amount of money paid in addition to the usual amount with the assumption that some of the proceeds will benefit a popular charity or other cause.
2. Extra money paid for a product which may or not include additional features, products or services aimed at the hippy market.
3. Money paid by those who are predisposed to paying extra for products and services that help them to pretend the 60s never ended.
2. Extra money paid for a product which may or not include additional features, products or services aimed at the hippy market.
3. Money paid by those who are predisposed to paying extra for products and services that help them to pretend the 60s never ended.
Cheech paid the hippy tax for his organic milk and soy burger. He spent $25 for lunch, I spent $4.50 on my fast food.
The New beetle is nothing like the old VW Beetle; it's essentially a rounded Golf with a hippy tax added.
The Toyota Prius levies a heavy hippy tax on green consumers who have no concept of total cost of ownership.
The New beetle is nothing like the old VW Beetle; it's essentially a rounded Golf with a hippy tax added.
The Toyota Prius levies a heavy hippy tax on green consumers who have no concept of total cost of ownership.
Hippy Tax by Spirit Bear September 21, 2007
iWant
iWant describes the urge that Apple customers have to be the first to see, touch, buy, own and use Apple products with partial or total disregard for the product's actual market value, total cost of ownership, usefulness in comparison to similar products on the market and/or other important factors that one would normally consider when making a purchasing decision. May be caused exclusively by or by a combination of peer pressure, charismatic leadership, in-vertising and/or viral marketing.
Consumers of with this predisposition are commonly subjected to the Hippy Tax.
Consumers of with this predisposition are commonly subjected to the Hippy Tax.
Jerry caved in to iWant and bought the iPhone instead of a more practical and functional Smartphone.
James paid a $200 iWant fee when he bought his iPhone on opening day.
It must have been the iWant that made Kerry pay an extra thousand dollars for an aluminum case and an Apple logo on top of a $400 Intel PC.
James paid a $200 iWant fee when he bought his iPhone on opening day.
It must have been the iWant that made Kerry pay an extra thousand dollars for an aluminum case and an Apple logo on top of a $400 Intel PC.
iWant by Spirit Bear September 20, 2007
yesterweb
yesterweb by Spirit Bear August 19, 2007
miniss
miniss by Spirit Bear July 31, 2007