One thing I hate about online shopping is the way that online retails assume that if you buy from them they have the right to bombard your inbox with email promotions. The worst culprits? Amazon, Overstock.com and Avon. This morning, I found an Avon Valentine's day promotion, which I normally would have deleted, but read anyway. (Oh, advertisers, I am putty in your hands.) In the product description for their "Gifts of Romance" body collection, the cheeky copywriter dropped a word bomb on me. He/she/they described a body lotion as "floriental-scented." Presumably, this was an attempt to blend the two perfume categories of "floral" and "oriental."

Kind of makes me want to travel to the Florient...