[Ads-l] faked over

[Jonathan Lighter]

It was only on screen for about a second.. I must have misread the asterisk
as an "a."

On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 7:31 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> > On Dec 29, 2022, at 6:13 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Indeed, since the ad campaign says "Never get f*ked over again" with a
> > strategically ambiguous asterisk.
> >
> > https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-targets-gen-z-edgy-ad-campaign/
>
> Asterisk qua fig leaf
>
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 5:11 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> intentional, I assume? a kind of euphemistic blend?
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 5:04 PM Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> An eBay commercial touting the website's guarantees urges "Don't get
> >> faked
> >>> over again."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
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