Re:Pass-Through Businesses Are Rethinking Their Status in Wa...
by EGreg on Thursday February 22, 2018 @01:35PM
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What is with this phrase "one weird trick"? I see it used constantly in all kinds of spammy marketing.
Do the marketers really somehow realize that the word "weird" makes the speaker seem like an impartial reporter, or makes people more curious about the trick?
Because it's freaking "weird"! I wouldn't think such a word would work like gangbusters but it keeps being used. And it's almost always spammy marketers.
"One weird trick to do that thing you always wanted to do."
Do the marketers really somehow realize that the word "weird" makes the speaker seem like an impartial reporter, or makes people more curious about the trick?
Because it's freaking "weird"! I wouldn't think such a word would work like gangbusters but it keeps being used. And it's almost always spammy marketers.
"One weird trick to do that thing you always wanted to do."