flackery

English

Etymology

flack +‎ -ery

Noun

flackery (usually uncountable, plural flackeries)

1. The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
   • 1974 April 15, Robert Hughes, “The Instant Nostalgia of Pop”, in Time‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 December 2008:

     The crass cultural chauvinism and blatant flackery that surrounded and fed American pop have not by any means gone from the art scene, but they are muted.

Synonyms

• spin
• PR
• marketing

See also

• hackery
• quackery

Anagrams

• clyfaker