amazonfail

Amazon.com's elimination of gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, polyamorous, pagan and other books because they were "adult," while leaving pornography and hetero adult items ranked. When the public became outraged, they practiced evasiveness and obfuscation...and claimed it was a glitch.

Also, #amazonfail, the Twitter channel regarding the event.

amazonfail is degrading to all shoppers; it is censorship and discrimination.

amazonfail by wishkey April 13, 2009

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amazonfail

amazon rank
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): amazon ranked

1. To censor and exclude on the basis of adult content in literature (except for Playboy, Penthouse, dogfighting and graphic novels depicting incest orgies).

2. To make changes based on inconsistent applications of standards, logic and common sense.

Etymology: from 12 April 2009 removal of sales rank figures from books on Amazon.com containing sexual, erotic, romantic, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or queer content, rendering them impossible to find through basic search functions at the top of Amazon.com’s website. Titles stripped of their sales rankings include “Bastard Out of Carolina,” “Lady Chatterly’s Lover,” several romance novels, GLBTQ fiction novels, YA books, and narratives about gay people.

I tried to do a report on Lady Chatterly’s Lover for English Lit, but my teacher amazon ranked me and I got an F on grounds that it was obscene, Amazonfail.

Alternate usage: My girlfriend wanted to preserve her virginity, and I was happy to respect that, then she amazon ranked and decided anal sex was okay. It's totally an Amazonfail.

amazonfail by Stephalopuff April 13, 2009

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Because it is expensive and not easy to ship sheets of plywood and drywall like it is books and other small products, home improvement businesses like Home Depot and Lowe's are not easily Amazonable. Amazon {business] online shopping Cyber Monday

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A: This dam prickup is blinding me.
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