marketroid

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marketroid - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  marketroid
  
     /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing
     droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing
     department, especially one who promises users that the next
     version of a product will have features that are not actually
     scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement,
     and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who
     describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient,
     buzzword-laden adspeak.  Derogatory.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-02-23)
  

marketroid - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  marketroid
   /mar'k@.troyd/, n.
  
     alt.: marketing slime, marketeer, marketing droid, marketdroid. A
     member of a company's marketing department, esp. one who promises
     users that the next version of a product will have features that are
     not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to
     implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one
     who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient,
     buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory. Compare droid.