advertorial

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

advertorial sage 

One who thrives in the commercial throes of cleaning, polishing, and aesthetic products and gadgetry, while possessing and embodying the wisdom of an edified persona.

The advertorial sage's day job seems contrary to her true passion and spirit, leading one to expect greatness from such trials.

advertorial sage by Peralta January 12, 2009

adverpornial 

Advertising that relies on pornography for its allure or near impossibilty to stop watching despite the product placement

last time I watched 'going down on Lucy' there was a wanker adverpornial just in the background that you couldnt miss

adverpornial by drogue chute September 6, 2014

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

adversariality  

The condition of being adversarial.

Her adversariality forced her to take the opposite opinion no matter what was expressed to her.

adversariality by Brandon Sergent January 9, 2008

Adversarial interoperability

When you want to beat your competitor at their own game, you make all of your devices work on their network.

Android v iPhone and the blue messaging, a new Adversarial interoperability app now gives Android users the coveted blue message bubble.

Adversarial interoperability by jmacofearth December 7, 2023

Adversarial Socraticism

Using Socratic-style questioning in bad faith to force an opponent onto permanent defense. Involves nitpicking definitions, edge cases, and hypotheticals until hesitation or nuance is made to look like confusion, stupidity, or defeat. Commonly used in online debates.

He didn’t win; he used adversarial Socraticism to trap the other person in definition hell while ignoring the larger argument.

Adversarial Socraticism by HotTakeFactory February 3, 2026