marketroid

( /mar´k@·troyd/, n.)

   alt.:  marketing  slime,  marketeer,  marketing droid, marketdroid. A
   member  of  a  company's  marketing department, esp. one who promises
   users  that the next version of a product will have features that are
   not  actually  scheduled  for  inclusion,  are extremely difficult to
   implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one
   who  describes  existing  features  (and  misfeatures)  in ebullient,
   buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory. Compare {droid}.

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