advertainment

noun

ad·​ver·​tain·​ment ˌad-vər-ˈtān-mənt 

plural advertainments

: a form of entertainment (such as a movie or television show) that is created primarily to advertise something : advertisement presented in the form of entertainment

And if at any point you forgot that you're watching two hours of advertainment, the characters are happy to remind you via carefully enunciated appreciations of all the war machinery that surrounds them.

—Dan Kois, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2009

Word History

Etymology

blend of advertisement and entertainment

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

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