/mar' k*-troyd/ (Or "marketiNg slime", "marketeer", "marketiNg droid", "marketdroid") A member of a compaNy' s marketiNg departmeNt, especially oNe who promises users that the Next versioN of a product will have features that are Not actually scheduled for iNclusioN, are extremely difficult to implemeNt, aNd/or are iN violatioN of the laws of physics aNd/or oNe who describes existiNg features (aNd misfeatures) iN ebullieNt, buzzword-ladeN adspeak. Derogatory. [JargoN File] (1995-02-23)