Etymograph

English

trendjacking

Blend of trend + hijacking.

A blend of trend + hijacking

Proto-West Germanic *trandijan ‘to turn’

Old English trendan ‘to roll about’

Middle English trenden ‘to roll about’

English trend

Today it means

noun The practice of marketing a product with respect to current trends or otherwise algorithmical popularity.

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