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blurb

[blurb]
–noun
1. a brief advertisement or announcement, esp. a laudatory one: She wrote a good blurb for her friend's novel.
–verb (used with object)
2. to advertise or praise in the manner of a blurb.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; allegedly coined by F. G. Burgess


blurbist, noun
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blurb   (blûrb)   
n.  A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket.

[Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.]
blurb v.
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Main Entry:  blurb
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See pull-quote
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Word Origin & History

blurb 
1907, coined by U.S. humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) to mock excessive praise printed on book jackets. But also sometimes attributed to U.S. scholar Brander Matthews (1852-1929).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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