Portmanteau the duck into a turkey, was added to the "Oxford English Dictionary" in 2010. Similarly, the word "refudiate" was first used by Sarah Palin when she misspoke, conflating the words "refute" and "repudiate". Though initially a gaffe, the word was recognized as the "New Oxford American Dictionary"s "Word of the Year" in 2010. The business lexicon is replete with newly coined portmanteau words like "permalance" (permanent freelance), "advertainment" (advertising as entertainment), "advertorial" (a blurred distinction between advertising and editorial), "infotainment" (information about entertainment or itself intended to entertain by virtue of its manner of presentation), and "infomercial" (informational commercial). A
Viral marketing Viral marketing Viral marketing or viral advertising is a business strategy that uses existing social networks to promote a product. Its name refers to how consumers spread information about a product with other people in their social networks, much in the same way that a virus spreads from one person to another. It can be delivered by word of mouth or enhanced by the network effects of the Internet and mobile networks. The concept is often misused or misunderstood, as people apply it to any successful enough story without taking into account the word "viral". Viral advertising is personal and,