An article or editorial that has been written for the purpose of promoting a product or service. The word itself is a combination of "advertisement" and "editorial." Often the piece will avoid a tone with overt bias.

I had read a whole page about vitamins in the news magazine before realizing the story was just an advertorial.

advertorial by brianbbad March 23, 2011

Related Words

adverter • adverberizing • advertarian • Advertease • adverteasement • Adverteasing • adverted • advertexting • Advertired. • advertorial

Adverteasing

When an advertising names the product over and over again until you end up buying it or turning off TV

TV: With the new WeightLoser X3000 you lose a lot of weight! WeightLoser X3000 is the best product in the market! WeightLoser X3000! WeightLoser X3000 changed my life!

You: WTF, this is adverteasing, turn that sh*t off

Adverteasing by ImDaMGB December 4, 2010

advertexting

Promoting a product or service to a large group of people by sending a text message advertisement; usually done by a corporation or company.

When Verizon Wireless wanted to clear their inventory of Blackberry Curve phones, they started advertexting to their higher-paying customers.

advertexting by twittykitty April 25, 2009

Advertired.

a state of being wherein someone "briefly" can't stand anything that has anything to do with either marketing or advertisements, note this state is only "tempo-rarely" and will fanish when the proverbial battery is re-charged again.

..."are you gonna click that? I can't, i'm advertired."

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Advertired. by good attention December 3, 2013

advertrap

Any button on any website or Facebook site that is easily pushed while scrolling and causes you to leave your current site with no way to return.

Anti-Advertrap: Boycott the product that is being advertised in the Advertrap that trapped you.

Frigging advertrap!
I 've got to close this crap and reopen the site to get back to what I was reading. I'll remember to never buy that product who's advertrap pissed me off.

advertrap by Enfomoco March 18, 2016

advertarian

A person who's for ads, and very much against people who use adblock. Usually a very poor person or a very rich person.

person 1: I'm an advertarian.
person 2: what's that?
person 1: if everyone used adblock, we would have to pay for things!!!
person 2: snek!

advertarian by Hitler1337420 November 5, 2016

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026