movietisment
n.— «Combs, who produced and stars in a three minute version of the commercial, refused to edit the video and instead released it online.…The so-called “movietisment” details Combs’ encounter with a glamorous model played by model Jessica Gomez in a hotel lobby in New York.» —“Rapper Combs’ video too sexy for TV so goes online” Reuters Sept. 17, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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