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Examples
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Name-dropping a few high-profile Democrats is not especially helpful to the Democratic Party.
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Name-dropping is okay if you're in a pick up basketball league with Lebron James, but otherwise, meh.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: 12 - The Politico 2010
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Name-dropping what you 'eat and drink', says you're one of those 'darling little spoiled preppies' who probably hasn't had to work a hard day in your life; hasn't had to be hungry, and who has absolutely NO CLUE what 'real life' is like.
Emailed CNN "Breaking News": "Barack Obama wins Democratic Party's presidential nomination after Hillary Clinton's motion on the convention floor." Ann Althouse 2008
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Name-dropping what you 'eat and drink', says you're one of those 'darling little spoiled preppies' who probably hasn't had to work a hard day in your life; hasn't had to be hungry, and who has absolutely NO CLUE what 'real life' is like.
Emailed CNN "Breaking News": "Barack Obama wins Democratic Party's presidential nomination after Hillary Clinton's motion on the convention floor." Ann Althouse 2008
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Name-dropping notables in attendance included Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Danny Glover, and some other famous folks whose familiar faces didn't make their names any more rememberable.
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Name-dropping Mingus or Charlie Parker doesn't make you an intellectual.
Archive 2007-11-01 Ed Gorman 2007
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Name-dropping Mingus or Charlie Parker doesn't make you an intellectual.
The sins of private eye writers Ed Gorman 2007
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Name-dropping moment - I'm researching my Cairo diaries circa 1983 for a short story, and find that Max took me to the Liberty cafe at least twice - in search of Naguib Mahfouz, because he famously hung out there in those days.
Reading About Arabs 2005
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Name-dropping moment - I'm researching my Cairo diaries circa 1983 for a short story, and find that Max took me to the Liberty cafe at least twice - in search of Naguib Mahfouz, because he famously hung out there in those days.
Dove's Eye View: 2005
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Name-dropping: Leon Hart of Notre Dame, who was the 1949 Heisman winner, played for Turtle Creek (Class of 1945).
USATODAY.com 2001
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