infomercial

• informercial

Blend of information +‎ commercial.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfəˌmɝʃəl/

infomercial (plural infomercials)

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.
   • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):

     Dionne and I were both named after great singers of the past who now do infomercials.

   • 2008, Margena A. Christian, “Where Is ... Miss Cleo?”, in Jet‎^[1], volume 112, number 26, page 38:

     Known for wearing her signature headdress and speaking in a thick Caribbean accent, Miss Cleo was the queen of psychic infomercials.

   • 2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “The number of product placements this season is hilarious to the point that it’s basically a giant infomercial,” one user posted.

• IPA^(key): /ˌinfomeɾˈθjal/ [ˌĩɱ.fo.meɾˈθjal] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˌinfomeɾˈsjal/ [ˌĩɱ.fo.meɾˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧fo‧mer‧cial

infomercial m (plural infomerciales)

1. (Latin America) infomercial