adlandn.
/ˈadland/, U.S. /ˈædˌlænd/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
The world or industry of advertising.
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advertising industry1850
adland1915
admass1955
1915 Printers' Ink 28 Jan. 88/1 (heading) A curious place is adland.
1959 Changing Times May 40 Adventures in Ad-land, or which cigaret should you smoke?
1989 Observer 14 May 34/7 I suspect too that Adland, not satisfied with satellite and the segmented audience of commercial TV, will..try the BBC again.
2001 Austral. Financial Rev. 16 Oct. 53/1 The retrenchment season is back in adland with at least seven large agencies shedding staff.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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