name-dropping
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- noun
- /ˈneɪmˌdrɑːpɪŋ/
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- During the meeting, his constant name-dropping of celebrities made me question his real achievements.
- just name-dropping
That's important that she denies having met them, but noting that Epstein had brought them up as part of his name dropping habit.
- That's important that she denies having met them, but noting that Epstein had brought them up as part of his name dropping habit.
- Me and Jalen were together for name dropping.
- We just think in our heads who would be we had Roseanne Barr again, name dropping.
Examples
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For once, I wanted to write with the footnotes suppressed, the name dropping spare.
Blog text (26) -
Alright girl, I totally name-dropped your website at least four times today at my WOD.
Blog text (4) -
I started to wonder how much she had really done and how much was merely name-dropping.
Fiction book (1991) -
So you can impress me with all name-dropping and describing all the fancy parties that you get to go to?
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So as much as it pained me to do so, I started name-dropping.
Blog text (27) -
Besides the VIP access and name-dropping opportunities, we also had a chance to try out Fox Sports' Game Connect.
Blog text (21) -
The key is to keep the letter short and provide the person with a reason for participating: we have tried emotional appeals, name dropping, and calls to their duty as role models.
Academic text (1997) -
It's all industry talk and name-dropping and catty backstabbing.
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I mentioned Flaubert before, and that was no idle name-dropping.
Fiction book (1991) -
As a rule, our collective well-readness is withering away into name-dropping.
Academic text (2010)
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Etymology
The word name-dropping combines name and drop; drop here means 'let fall', so imagine someone letting a famous person's name 'fall' into a conversation to get attention. That's why name-dropping means casually mentioning famous or important people to impress others.