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marketingese

marketingese noun: the jargon used in marketing.

Noun

marketingese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The jargon used in marketing.
    • When Ford launched the Taurus, the design was characterized as "customer driven," marketingese for determining exactly what the customer wants and then bolting it into the concept.1991 September, Popular Mechanics, volume 168, number 9, page 45

Origin of marketingese

From marketing + -ese.

Questions about marketingese

What does marketingese mean?
Marketingese means the jargon used in marketing.
What part of speech is marketingese?
Marketingese is a noun.

Words near marketingese in the dictionary

  1. marketh
  2. Markethill
  3. marketing
  4. marketing collateral
  5. marketing research
  6. marketingese
  7. marketings
  8. marketisation
  9. marketisations
  10. marketise
  11. marketised

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