Using cats or kittens in a YouTube video to get additional views. This strategy first became known in the movie "Funny People."
Mark: How did this get over 700,000 views!?
Leo: Because people love kittens, and it's a way for me to get my comedy out there.
Mark: That's completely unfair, it's just cat pandering.
Leo: Because people love kittens, and it's a way for me to get my comedy out there.
Mark: That's completely unfair, it's just cat pandering.
by montypark October 10, 2009
Get the Cat Panderingmug. by LadyBookworm80 March 13, 2018
Get the Generation Panderingmug. One who will shamelessly promote themselves, their business, their products, their agenda, etc. on a consistent basis for personal gain. A Pander Bear will often utilize multiple social networks to promote themselves.
by Self-confessed Pander Bear June 17, 2009
Get the Pander Bearmug. verb: 1) When a political figure disingenuously uses the platforms of Congressman Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul, incongruous with their track record, to curry favor with anti-establishment voters. 2) LOSING.
During his most recent speech Mitt Romney attempted paulitical pandering when he espoused the ideas of freedom and liberty and mentioned the founding fathers - rhetoric characteristically unique to Ron Paul. Unfortunately, Ron Paul supporters are not persuaded by paulitical pandering since most actually have adopted a hardcore sentiment of support for Dr. Paul otherwise known as No One but Paul.
by 1stAmendguy February 17, 2012
Get the Paulitical panderingmug. by Hockey > Soccer September 03, 2010
Get the Shameless Pandering Monthmug. When one gives out good news stories about and individual or organisation, but they really know that the stories are lies - yet do so because it makes them look good to virtue-signalling friends or colleagues.
"Yeah, yeah...she gives a load of money to charity, but she is a real b£tch. They only spread this propa-pander because she is horizontally challenged."
by Archibald Thunderbunker April 10, 2020
Get the Propa-pandermug. 1. An attempt to appease to a group of people for financial gain while still simultaneously portraying that group of people in a negative, or unfavourable light. Usually playing on racist stereotypical tropes, or keeping up with racist/bigotted media trends aimed at creating or sustaining a negative or unfavourable image of the targeted group of people.
2. Attacking a group of people's image under the guise of progressiveness.
2. Attacking a group of people's image under the guise of progressiveness.
Example of backhand pandering is placing black women in lead roles for movies to pander to them for money, yet this lead black female character adheres to negative racist stereotypes that portray black women in an unfavourable light.
by New age definitions December 24, 2019
Get the Backhand panderingmug.