What is Infomercial?
1.
Show lasting 28:30 minutes attempting to sell a particular product on television. Most infomercials air in the overnight time periods, but do run all hours of day.
Wow, check out my new micro-midget! Martha Stewart was the spokeswoman in the infomercial promoting midget tossing.
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2.
Something you watch in the wee hours in the morning when you've had too much coffee and stale Timbits to know any better.
Wife: *calls from upstairs* Honey are you still watching those electric ab belt infomercials?
Husband: grrrrrmmmmmmmmmphhhh *drools*
3.
A 30 minute commercial disguised as something newsworthy or groundbreaking.
Buying a ginsu knife will somehow make me a better cook!
4.
Annoying commercials where the people selling stuff send subliminal messages, often by reapeting the same thing over and over, or shouting really loud.
Set it, then forget it!
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5.
The stupid long ass commericals that only morons buy from.
"marks an idiot so he buys stuff from infomercials"
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6.
a 30 minute commercial you watch at 6:30 in the morning that somehow is addicting and makes you not want to change the channel
i have to watch this windsor pilates infomercial because it's.... uhhhhrrrr.... (stares at screen as if posessed)
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7.
How actors down on their luck make money. Origin: Contractions of the words informational and commercial. Interestingly enough is neither informational, nor commercial.
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