Dictionary

infomercial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪnfəˌmɝʃəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of information + commercial.

Meanings

1. A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
   • Known for wearing her signature headdress and speaking in a thick Caribbean accent, Miss Cleo was the queen of psychic infomercials. 2008, Margena A. Christian, “Where Is ... Miss Cleo?”, in Jet, volume 112, number 26, page 38:
   • “The number of product placements this season is hilarious to the point that it’s basically a giant infomercial,” one user posted. 2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Dionne and I were both named after great singers of the past who now do infomercials. 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):

Forms

Deriveds

infomercialization

Translations (7)

is sjónvarpsörlýsing (program-length television commercial) · es publirreportaje (program-length television commercial) · fi mainosdokumentti (program-length television commercial) · de Infomercial (program-length television commercial) · fr publireportage (program-length television commercial) · es anuncio m de teletienda (program-length television commercial) · es infomercial (program-length television commercial)