admag
admag noun: a television programme in which actors advertise real products in a fictional setting.
Noun
admag (plural admags)
- A television programme in which actors advertise real products in a fictional setting.
- The admag was unique to Britain, and there was a kind of backdoor bravado about them in the way every admag transmission cheekily bumped up the amount of advertising per clock hour.1980, Jo Gable, The Tuppenny Punch and Judy Show: 25 Years of TV Commercials, page 74
- This particular admag focused on a married couple who ran a pub in the fictional village of Wembleham, and they would discuss the price and quality of various real consumer products with their customers.2007, Rob Turnock, Television and Consumer Culture: Britain and the Transformation of Modernity, page 145
Forms of admag
| plural | admags |
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Origin of admag
Shortening from advertising magazine.
Questions about admag
- What does admag mean?
- Admag means a television programme in which actors advertise real products in a fictional setting.
- What part of speech is admag?
- Admag is a noun.
- What is the plural of admag?
- The plural of admag is admags.
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