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.

	

	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)