English
shockvertising
Blend of shock + advertising.
A blend of shock + advertising
Proto-Germanic *skukkaną ‘to move, shake, tremble’
Old Dutch *skokkan ‘to shake up and down’
Middle Dutch schokken ‘to push, jolt, shake’
English shock
Today it means
noun Advertising that is intended to shock the viewer.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shockvertising”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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