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puffery

[ puhf-uh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural puff·er·ies.

puffery

/ ˈpʌfərɪ /

Origin of puffery¹

First recorded in 1730–35; puff (in the sense “to praise with exaggeration”) + -ery

He has an aversion to overblown rhetoric and theatrical puffery.

That is a large and fuzzy statement, maybe even approaching puffery.

And yet they say these latter days of ours are distinguished above all else by shameless puffery!

And yet Spain, in no idle spirit of self-puffery, can boast of this achievement.

How I hate the glib rattle of his tongue, the mouldiness of his jests and the transparency of his puffery!

Among my experiences of that nauseous ingredient in theatrical life, puffery, some have been amusing enough.

It is, as will be seen, in the nature of a crusade against puffery and hysteria.

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