
1. Aspirational: Sounds like it's having trouble breathing.
2. Edgy: Edgy was edgy in 1998. Edgy no longer edgy.
3. Hard-hitting: This means "We did exactly the kind of dumb-shit idea you wanted, Ms. Client. Aren't we good at kissing ass?"
4. Quirky: Quirky means almost funny. There's nothing less funny than something that's almost funny.
5. Anything-At-All-About-YouTube (AAAAY): There are about 624 million videos on YouTube. The chance of your quirky, edgy video getting any sort of attention is one in, um... 624 million.
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