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{{quote|'''Yami:''' (holding a box of cereal) Yu-Gi-Oh is sponsored by Yugi-O's. They're Yugi-licious. Wait a minute- Yugi-licious? Is that even a word?|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series]]''}}
{{quote|'''Yami:''' (holding a box of cereal) Yu-Gi-Oh is sponsored by Yugi-O's. They're Yugi-licious. Wait a minute- Yugi-licious? Is that even a word?|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series]]''}}


A variation of [[Absolute Comparative]] that shows up mostly in children's commercials. An advertiser uses completely made-up adjectives to describe their product. Whether this invokes [[Totally Radical]] or [[Weasel Words]] is up to the reader.
A variation of [[Absolute Comparative]] that shows up mostly in children's commercials. An advertiser uses completely made-up adjectives to describe their product. Whether this invokes [[Totally Radical]] or [[Weasel Words]] is up to the reader.
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* Some years ago now Jimmy Nail used to advertise Kodacolour Gold film as "Clicknologically superbluous" before the tag line "Kodak: We have the clicknology. (SFX: camera clicking)".
* Some years ago now Jimmy Nail used to advertise Kodacolour Gold film as "Clicknologically superbluous" before the tag line "Kodak: We have the clicknology. (SFX: camera clicking)".
* Kraft Cheese Crumbles used "Crumbelievable", to the point of employing a re-recorded version of EMF's "Unbelievable" as its jingle. The commercials themselves were memorably mock-celebrated by Stephen Colbert on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.
* Kraft Cheese Crumbles used "Crumbelievable", to the point of employing a re-recorded version of EMF's "Unbelievable" as its jingle. The commercials themselves were memorably mock-celebrated by Stephen Colbert on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.
* Wonka-brand "Scrumdiddlyumptious Bars" (actually made by Nestle). However, the word "scrumdiddlyumptious" was created by Roald Dahl, author of ''[[Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]'', and as "Wonka-brand" is a reference to the character of Willy Wonka from the book. So in this case, the word was not so much made up by marketing people as co-opted by them, [[Did Not Do the Research|despite the fact that Dahl was very likely]] ''[[Satire|satirizing]]'' [[Completely Missing the Point|this type of language.]]
* Wonka-brand "Scrumdiddlyumptious Bars" (actually made by Nestle). However, the word "scrumdiddlyumptious" was created by Roald Dahl, author of ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', and as "Wonka-brand" is a reference to the character of Willy Wonka from the book. So in this case, the word was not so much made up by marketing people as co-opted by them, [[Did Not Do the Research|despite the fact that Dahl was very likely]] ''[[Satire|satirizing]]'' [[Completely Missing the Point|this type of language.]]
* "Crispity-Crunchity-Peanut-Buttery Butterfingers!"
* "Crispity-Crunchity-Peanut-Buttery Butterfingers!"
* ''Taco Bell'' commercials advertising "melty cheese" on their products. For fun, go to a fancy restaurant and ask for the fondue to be served extra melty. See if you don't get ejected.
* ''Taco Bell'' commercials advertising "melty cheese" on their products. For fun, go to a fancy restaurant and ask for the fondue to be served extra melty. See if you don't get ejected.
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== [[Fanfic]] ==
== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Characters in ''[[My Immortal (Fanfic)|My Immortal]]'' occasionally say things "preppily" or "gothically". Ebony and Draco regularly do things "sexily" - mostly things which aren't particularly sexy, such as crying, summoning broomsticks, and jumping in front of bullets. Tara also likes to attach "wisely" to Dumbledore's actions. Apparently, "You dunderheads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" can be screamed "wisely".
* Characters in ''[[My Immortal]]'' occasionally say things "preppily" or "gothically". Ebony and Draco regularly do things "sexily" - mostly things which aren't particularly sexy, such as crying, summoning broomsticks, and jumping in front of bullets. Tara also likes to attach "wisely" to Dumbledore's actions. Apparently, "You dunderheads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" can be screamed "wisely".


== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* It's not just a great day in the 1977 Disney musical [[Petes Dragon]] - as the song says, "It's a brazzle dazzle day!" The [[Tagline]] was actually "Brazzle Dazzle Brilliance!" (No wonder kids preferred to check out ''[[Star Wars]]'' again...)
* It's not just a great day in the 1977 Disney musical [[Pete's Dragon]] - as the song says, "It's a brazzle dazzle day!" The [[Tagline]] was actually "Brazzle Dazzle Brilliance!" (No wonder kids preferred to check out ''[[Star Wars]]'' again...)
* "[[Mary Poppins|Supercalifregilisticexpialidocious]]."
* "[[Mary Poppins|Supercalifregilisticexpialidocious]]."
* The people of ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'' find it "fabulicious".
* The people of ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'' find it "fabulicious".
* ''[[Kung Pow]]'': "Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing. Like badwrong, or badong. Yes, killing is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of killing: gnodab."
* ''[[Kung Pow]]'': "Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing. Like badwrong, or badong. Yes, killing is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of killing: gnodab."
* ''[[Billy Madison]]'': "What do you think of that, Mr. Blue Duck?" "That's quacktastic!"
* ''[[Billy Madison]]'': "What do you think of that, Mr. Blue Duck?" "That's quacktastic!"
* ''[[The Smurfs (Film)|The Smurfs]]'' combines this with [[SMURFING]] when Smurfette calls Patrick Winslow's dressing up for work "smurfalicious".
* ''[[The Smurfs (film)|The Smurfs]]'' combines this with [[SMURFING]] when Smurfette calls Patrick Winslow's dressing up for work "smurfalicious".


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Tobias Funke, M.D.: [[Arrested Development (TV)|Analrapist]]
* Tobias Funke, M.D.: [[Arrested Development (TV series)|Analrapist]]
* Variation: In a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch parodying ''[[Inside The Actors Studio]]'', Will Ferrell as James Lipton feels that Charles Nelson Reilly's acting is so incredible that he must invent a word to describe it. The word: "Scrumtrillescent."
* Variation: In a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch parodying ''[[Inside The Actors Studio]]'', Will Ferrell as James Lipton feels that Charles Nelson Reilly's acting is so incredible that he must invent a word to describe it. The word: "Scrumtrillescent."
* The practice was parodied in another ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch involved an advertising jingle for the "Nuterrific" bar. The jingle consisted largely of this kind of descriptor, ending with "It's NUT very good!"
* The practice was parodied in another ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch involved an advertising jingle for the "Nuterrific" bar. The jingle consisted largely of this kind of descriptor, ending with "It's NUT very good!"
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* Dr. Cox from ''[[Scrubs]]'': "I megaloathe you all."
* Dr. Cox from ''[[Scrubs]]'': "I megaloathe you all."
* [[Eureka|Nathan Stark]] about Carter: "Yes, he said ''invisibling''."
* [[Eureka|Nathan Stark]] about Carter: "Yes, he said ''invisibling''."
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': "Oi, chavtastic again!"
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': "Oi, chavtastic again!"
* Season 5 of [[Project Runway]] had Blaine, who constantly applied "-licious" to words.
* Season 5 of [[Project Runway]] had Blaine, who constantly applied "-licious" to words.


== [[Music]] ==
== [[Music]] ==
* [[Destinys Child]] has (and is) "Bootylicious".
* [[Destiny's Child]] has (and is) "Bootylicious".
* Fergie is Fergalicious.
* Fergie is Fergalicious.
* Funkadelic should probably be canonized as the patron saints of this trope, insofar as it refers to music. ''Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication!''
* Funkadelic should probably be canonized as the patron saints of this trope, insofar as it refers to music. ''Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication!''
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== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Spiky Joe, a side-character from, ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]],'' has this to say: "When I thinks something's cool, I always say it's "spiketastic'! ...It might catch on."
* Spiky Joe, a side-character from, ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]],'' has this to say: "When I thinks something's cool, I always say it's "spiketastic'! ...It might catch on."
* The three beach fish girls in ''[[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. Some of the words they came up with? 'Wonderfied' and 'Grandular'
* The three beach fish girls in ''[[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. Some of the words they came up with? 'Wonderfied' and 'Grandular'
* "[[Ratchet and Clank|It's Qwarktastic!]]"
* "[[Ratchet and Clank|It's Qwarktastic!]]"
* ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'' advertises the cigarette brand Holy Smokes! as "savioriffic".
* ''[[Deus Ex]]'' advertises the cigarette brand Holy Smokes! as "savioriffic".
* A variation used in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]-2'':
* A variation used in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]-2'':
{{quote| '''Brother:''' How things going down there?<br />
{{quote| '''Brother:''' How things going down there?<br />
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{{quote| "There aren't actually enough words in the English language to fully describe how much I hate you. So I made up a couple. "Detestispize" seems to sum it up the best."}}
{{quote| "There aren't actually enough words in the English language to fully describe how much I hate you. So I made up a couple. "Detestispize" seems to sum it up the best."}}
* About halfway through ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage finds that there is no longer a word to describe how much he hates Fighter, and so requests for Red Mage to [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/06/23/episode-567-paralinguistics/ propose several choice words] for the occasion before Black Mage settles on ''Omniloathe''. Then Fighter gets in on the word-making action himself, ''ultrabuddy''.
* About halfway through ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage finds that there is no longer a word to describe how much he hates Fighter, and so requests for Red Mage to [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/06/23/episode-567-paralinguistics/ propose several choice words] for the occasion before Black Mage settles on ''Omniloathe''. Then Fighter gets in on the word-making action himself, ''ultrabuddy''.
* Quite effectively satirized in [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20100128.html these] [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20100129.html two] ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' strips... 'foodsmarts' clearly doesn't describe the marketing director's brain.
* Quite effectively satirized in [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20100128.html these] [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20100129.html two] ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' strips... 'foodsmarts' clearly doesn't describe the marketing director's brain.
* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' presents [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/1/3/ Tycho's reaction to Tropicana "snackifying" drinks].
* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' presents [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/1/3/ Tycho's reaction to Tropicana "snackifying" drinks].
* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'': "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0067.html Karma-riffic!]"
* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'': "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0067.html Karma-riffic!]"
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{{quote| Now with preposterous amounts of testosterone. '''PREPOSTERONE.'''}}
{{quote| Now with preposterous amounts of testosterone. '''PREPOSTERONE.'''}}
* Strong Bad from [[Homestar Runner]] has coined "extracurriculariffic", and his Sblounskched! candy bar has a "crispety, cookety log" in the middle (a cookie center hollowed out to make room for more "candy matter"). There's a lot more. In fact the [[Wiki Rule|Homestar Runner Wiki]] has a page devoted to all the made-up words!
* Strong Bad from [[Homestar Runner]] has coined "extracurriculariffic", and his Sblounskched! candy bar has a "crispety, cookety log" in the middle (a cookie center hollowed out to make room for more "candy matter"). There's a lot more. In fact the [[Wiki Rule|Homestar Runner Wiki]] has a page devoted to all the made-up words!
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series]]'' is Yugi-licious! Yami then goes to on to question whether that means that it tastes like Yugi and how they would even go about testing that (besides the obvious method).''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series]]'' is Yugi-licious! Yami then goes to on to question whether that means that it tastes like Yugi and how they would even go about testing that (besides the obvious method).''
* [[Dragon Ball Abridged]]
* [[Dragon Ball Abridged]]
{{quote| '''Reporter 2:''' Mr Kent, if you had to come up with a word for how dead he is, what would it be?<br />
{{quote| '''Reporter 2:''' Mr Kent, if you had to come up with a word for how dead he is, what would it be?<br />
'''Mr Kent:''' Cadaveriffic! }}
'''Mr Kent:''' Cadaveriffic! }}
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] has taken to making up new words to describe how terrible the comic he's reading is, like Idiostuperific.
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] has taken to making up new words to describe how terrible the comic he's reading is, like Idiostuperific.
* [[Cracked]] writers are also famous for their use of these sorts of words, although [[Seanbaby]] and Gladstone are particularly notable.
* [[Cracked]] writers are also famous for their use of these sorts of words, although [[Seanbaby]] and Gladstone are particularly notable.


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* Rappers Gangstalicious, Thugnificent, Macktastic, and Flonominal in ''[[The Boondocks]]''.
* Rappers Gangstalicious, Thugnificent, Macktastic, and Flonominal in ''[[The Boondocks]]''.
* In ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'', [[Cloudcuckoolander|Hugh]] says stuff like "funkariffic" and "puppetastic". [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Jimmy who asks if they are real words.
* In ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'', [[Cloudcuckoolander|Hugh]] says stuff like "funkariffic" and "puppetastic". [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Jimmy who asks if they are real words.
* In [[Spongebob SquarePants]], Patrick talks about the word [[Perfectly Cromulent Word|wumbo]], citing "Wumborama" and "Wumbology: The study of wumbo."
* In [[SpongeBob SquarePants]], Patrick talks about the word [[Perfectly Cromulent Word|wumbo]], citing "Wumborama" and "Wumbology: The study of wumbo."
* In the big musical number of the first season finale of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], Applejack mentions her "Appletastic" treats.
* In the big musical number of the first season finale of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], Applejack mentions her "Appletastic" treats.
** Even before that, in the episode "Applebuck Season," Pinkie Pie refers to Applejack diverting a stampede of cows from Ponyville as "Appletastic."
** Even before that, in the episode "Applebuck Season," Pinkie Pie refers to Applejack diverting a stampede of cows from Ponyville as "Appletastic."
** The eponymous Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 is apparently "Icantbelievable". Mind you, what kind of advertising did you expect from the ''Flim Flam'' Brothers?
** The eponymous Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 is apparently "Icantbelievable". Mind you, what kind of advertising did you expect from the ''Flim Flam'' Brothers?
* Done in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' when Sokka was on his [[Mushroom Samba]] thanks to Cactus juice. Apparently nothing is quenchier.
* Done in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' when Sokka was on his [[Mushroom Samba]] thanks to Cactus juice. Apparently nothing is quenchier.
{{quote| ''"It's the quenchiest!"'' <br />
{{quote| ''"It's the quenchiest!"'' <br />
''"Nothing's quenchier!"'' }}
''"Nothing's quenchier!"'' }}