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adfolk

adfolk noun: people in the advertising industry.

Noun

adfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) people in the advertising industry
    • The Mamas and Papas hit is the latest in a string of old tracks which have been reissued by record companies, a trend which owes a lot to the consideration paid by adfolk to the choice of music for commercials.2015 July 21, Belinda Archer, “Blame it on the grapevine: from the archive, 21 July 1997”, in The Guardian

Origin of adfolk

From ad + folk.

Questions about adfolk

What does adfolk mean?
Adfolk means people in the advertising industry.
What part of speech is adfolk?
Adfolk is a noun.

Words near adfolk in the dictionary

  1. adfiliated
  2. adfix
  3. adfixes
  4. adfluvial
  5. adfluxion
  6. adfolk
  7. adfreeze
  8. adfreezes
  9. adfreezing
  10. adfrontal
  11. adfroze

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