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name-dropping

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress one's listener.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The practice of casually mentioning famous or important people or the titles of their works, often subtly implying familiarity or association, in order to impress others.
  • verb Present participle of name-drop.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. mention
  2. reference

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. PPI
  2. cop-out
  3. dog-eat-dog
  4. doublespeak
  5. environment-destroying
  6. free-style
  7. game-like
  8. globalized
  9. intra-party
  10. multisport
  11. no-no
  12. over-taxation
  13. perruque
  14. political-military
  15. puppetry
  16. salacity
  17. scapegrace
  18. selfism
  19. straw-man
  20. track-and-field
  21. union-busting
  22. winemaking

relateds (4)

relateds

  1. name drop
  2. name-drop
  3. namedrop
  4. namedropper

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. drop

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