marginally = M = Mars

marketroid /mar'k*-troyd/ n.

alt. `marketing slime', `marketeer', `marketing droid', `marketdroid'. A member of a company's marketing department, esp. 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. Compare droid.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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