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advertese

advertese noun: the specialized vocabulary of the advertising industry.

Noun

advertese (uncountable)

  1. The specialized vocabulary of the advertising industry.

Origin of advertese

From advert + -ese.

Questions about advertese

What does advertese mean?
Advertese means the specialized vocabulary of the advertising industry.
What part of speech is advertese?
Advertese is a noun.

Words near advertese in the dictionary

  1. advertences
  2. advertencies
  3. advertency
  4. advertent
  5. advertently
  6. advertese
  7. adverticle
  8. adverticles
  9. adverting
  10. advertique
  11. advertiques

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Adapted from Wiktionary: advertese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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