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* '''Zigzagged''': Alice, the mascot, and Bob, one of the advertisers, insist that the ice cream is "sprinkle-rific", but Charlie, the third advertiser, maintains that it isn't a word and they have a long conversation about it, never coming to a conclusion.

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* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice, the mascot, and Bob, one of the advertisers, insist that the ice cream is "sprinkle-rific", but Charlie, the third advertiser, maintains that it isn't a word and they have a long conversation about it, never coming to a conclusion.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': The advertisers use it to inject some humour into the ad.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': The advertisers use it to inject some humour humor into the ad.

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'''Basic Trope''': In an ad, particularly one marketing to kids, made-up adjectives that sound positive (usually because they end in "(l)icious", "(r)ific" or "tastic") are used to describe the product, whether to make the product sound more interesting or [[WeaselWords to exploit the fact that it's made up and so doesn't really mean anything]] or a combination.

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'''Basic Trope''': In an ad, advertisement, particularly one marketing to kids, made-up adjectives that sound positive (usually because they end in "(l)icious", "(r)ific" or "tastic") are used to describe the product, whether to make the product sound more interesting or [[WeaselWords to exploit the fact that it's made up and so doesn't really mean anything]] or a combination.



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'''Basic Trope''': In an ad, particularly one marketing to kids, made-up adjectives that sound positive (usually because they end in "(l)icious", "(r)ific" or "tastic") are used to describe the product, whether to make the product sound more interesting or [[WeaselWords to exploit the fact that it's made up and so doesn't really mean anything]] or a combination.
* '''Straight''': In an ad for ice cream, advertisers describe it as "sprinkle-rific".
* '''Exaggerated''': They use a LongList of made-up words like this and not one single normal word.
* '''Downplayed''': All the words they use are real, but their description of the ice cream is grammatically incorrect.
* '''Justified''': The advertisers are using a cartoon character who really does use words like that in a non-advertising context as well.
* '''Inverted''':
** The advertisers say that all other ice cream is "dullsville" compared to their ice cream.
** The ads describe everything with silly buzzwords ''except'' the product.
--->''This ice cream only costs ten money-tastic dollars from your local shop-a-rific store.''
* '''Subverted''': Their mascot describes the ice cream as "sprinkle-rific", but then one of the advertisers says, "Alice, that's not a word!".
* '''Double Subverted''': Another advertiser says, "She's right though!".
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice, the mascot, and Bob, one of the advertisers, insist that the ice cream is "sprinkle-rific", but Charlie, the third advertiser, maintains that it isn't a word and they have a long conversation about it, never coming to a conclusion.
* '''Averted''': The ad uses normal words to describe the ice cream.
* '''Enforced''':
** "Kids find ads boring, but they like goofy words. If we use goofy words, they might just find our ad interesting enough to watch the whole thing."
** "If we make up a word, we don't have to actually say anything about the product and nobody can disagree with us!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "This ice-cream is too good for the dictionary!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': "We're using dictionary words and that's final."
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''': "What does that ice cream commercial even ''mean'' by 'sprinkle-rific'?"
* '''Implied''': Alice says, "This ice cream is sprinkle--" but is cut off.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': The advertisers use it to inject some humour into the ad.
* '''Played for Drama''':
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