puffery
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈpʌfəɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editpuffery (countable and uncountable, plural pufferies)
- An act of puffing.
- Excessive or false public praise.
- Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 294:
- Harvest was promptly pegged as a "lite" group, a purveyor of pop puffery.
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editact of puffing
fulsome public praise
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