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commercial surrealism 

A style of filmmaking that uses odd angles, zooms, pointless video effects, musical numbers, and sudden noises to try to keep an audience's attention, but ends up just drowning whatever information is intended with sheer noise. Common in the 1990s, for instructional videos and commercials. Best exemplified by Bill Nye.

Coined by the RedLetterMedia series "Best of the Worst"
"Ugh, I didn't learn a thing from that science video, all I got from it is a headache. It was too full of commercial surrealism to understand."
Word of the Day on May 3, 2026

Commercialbowl 

What the Superbowl is to some viewers who don't care at all for the football part; but only watch it for the new commercials.
Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah, the Commercialbowl is on today!!! I don't watch it for the foot-testicle {football}, I watch it for the new commercials!!!
Commercialbowl by Telephony March 11, 2012

Commercial Slut 

Girl that works the commercials hard and often. Usually very good looking.
Make sure you stay on this channel because that one commercial slut I was telling you about comes on often.
Commercial Slut by Brad Paisley February 28, 2009

Commercial conversation 

Having a conversation with someone only during the commercial break of a TV show or sporting event, quickly ending when the program comes back on.
Only having 2 minutes and two seconds per commercial conversation, Danny and June took the entire Super Bowl to decide where to have dinner that weekend.
Commercial conversation by bob_c_o January 18, 2010

TV Commercial Black Friend 

The mythological one black friend that every group of young white males has in evey TV commercial. Most noticeable in all beer, car, fast food, deodorant and cologne commericals.
"Hey, check out that Bud Light commercial, 35 scruffy white guys in cargo shorts at a barbecue, and they invited along their TV Commercial Black Friend."

"Yep, he was just in the Taco Bell Commercial getting drive thru with 7 other white dudes."

commercial whaleing 

To go out looking, hunting for extremely obese women(like the mother in, What's Eating Gilbert Grape), to have sexual relations with.

Way past hogging, plus no alcohol, or drugs is involved, just the pure enjoyment, and bragging rights of beaching a real heavey, or worthy trophy.
My cousin said upon seeing a two extremley large girls, one with a 4 prong cane, the other on a jazzy scooter, "it looks like a great night to be Commercial Whaleing".

A coworker of mine, said after a night of commercial whaleing, he was afraid they were going to have to cut the wall out of his house to remove his prize.
commercial whaleing by JJBIII October 16, 2009