What is Soccer Sandal Effect?
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(noun) - The over-reaching and yet inexplicably clever marketing gimmick of labeling and identifying a product (or person) with an often inaccurate, "cool-sounding", or "trendy" description so that the product/person, which would ordinarily be thought of as unattractive, unskilled, and/or worthless, now seems "hot".
See also
"Super-star" Ashlee Simpson, "actress" Paris Hilton, or "TomKat" are three examples of the "soccer sandal effect".
2.
(noun) - The over-reaching and yet inexplicably clever marketing gimmick of labeling and identifying a product (or person) with an often inaccurate, "cool-sounding", or "trendy" description so that the product/person, which would ordinarily be thought of as unattractive, unskilled, and worthless, now seems "hot".
See also
"Super-star" Ashlee Simpson, "actress" Paris Hilton, or "TomKat" are three great examples of the "soccer sandal effect".
3.
(noun) - The over-reaching and yet inexplicably clever marketing gimmick of labeling and identifying a product (or person) with an often inaccurate, "cool-sounding", or "trendy" description so that the product/person, which would ordinarily be thought of as unattractive, unskilled, and worthless, now seems "hot".
See also
"Super-star" Ashlee Simpson, "actress" Paris Hilton, or "TomKat" are three great examples of the "soccer sandal effect".
