AD SLICK

Grant Barrett gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG
Sun Jul 16 22:27:37 UTC 2006


On Jul 16, 2006, at 20:28, Dave Wilton wrote:

> I'm not aware of any particular Hollywood connection.

Me neither.

> "Ad slick" is such a standard term in marketing circles that I
> never gave it
> any thought. It's use is widespread in the marketing world.

I've known the term since 1988 when I first started working in
newspapers.

Grant Barrett
http://www.doubletongued.org/

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