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
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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