fatsploitation

Exploiting fat people for monetary gain. Most common in television programming such as "The Biggest Loser", "Dance Your Ass Off", "More to Love", "The Fatchelor", etc.

The television program, "Dance Your Ass Off" is guilty of fatsploitation.

by J Zee June 18, 2009

femsploitation

Femsploitation is the act of marketing a product or film using feminist talking points as an emotional appeal, just to sell to your target demographic. Similar to the Blaxsploitation films of the 70s.

Girl 1: I really like this companies "real beauty" campaign. It stresses that everyone is unique regardless of diet, body type or fashion!
girl 2: Yup. too bad it's a ploy used to sell beauty products. That's femsploitation for you.

by Sargent Singer January 14, 2014

catsploitation

Using your cat, kitten or kitteh to create images or video for internet distribution.

Lolcats started off amusing but now there is just too much catsploitation on the internet.

by Scithe November 15, 2011

fatploitation

This term refers to the increasingly large (pun intended) amount of shows featuring overweight people. The word refers to the fact that these shows use and play on their contestants' struggles with weight to gain a large TV audience. While it started with "The Biggest Loser," it has degenerated to shows like "Money Hungry." Other popular shows in this genre also include "Dance Your Ass Off" and "Ruby."

Did you see Michael on "Dance Your Ass Off" last night? It was total fatploitation, you should have seen him conquer the dance floor despite his enormous belly.

by Anoymous1993 August 14, 2010

fansploitation film

a genre of film that attempts to succeed financially by exploiting popular fandoms. Fansploitation films may have extremely high production and marketing budgets. They often get mixed reactions from fans, pleasing some and leaving others dissatisfied or upset.

The only movies people see in the theaters these days are fansploitation films, like Marvel, D.C., Star Wars, and live action Disney remakes.

by the cranky cinephile November 10, 2018

flusploitation

The exploitation of H1N1 flu anxieties to sell fraudulent cures and treatments. The problem is that there's no solid scientific evidence to back it up

The new fear over swine flu has worriers clamouring for the next influenza-fighting shampoo or product. How do we combat this flusploitation?

by The_Pillar October 15, 2009

fudsploitation

Exploitation of FUD, for recreation or monetary gain (i.e. for fun or profit).

Crapware pushers frequently employ FUDsploitation to extract money from gullible computer users.

by crankyyak March 29, 2008