# Stupid car dealer advertising jargon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-car-dealer-advertising-jargon/203138>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-car-dealer-advertising-jargon/203138 "2003-09-22T18:01:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-car-dealer-advertising-jargon/203138/41 "2003-09-25T14:49:21Z")

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You know, I’d be fine with most car commercials if they’d just stop throwing the word “value” around like a cheap whore.

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**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-car-dealer-advertising-jargon/203138/42 "2003-09-26T18:53:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \*  
> \*\*You know, I’d be fine with most car commercials if they’d just stop throwing the word “value” around like a cheap whore. \*\*

So now we’re condeming cheap whores? Now I’ll never get laid.

Will someone please tell me the rules?

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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-car-dealer-advertising-jargon/203138/43 "2003-09-26T19:21:32Z")

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So… are cheap whores a good value or not?

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-car-dealer-advertising-jargon/203138/44 "2003-09-27T05:29:09Z")

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[slight hijack]

Those car dealer ads on TV are as obnoxious as the ads for diapers and laxatives during mealtime.

I don’t want to hear about taking a shit while I’m eating!

[/slight hijack]

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