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–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
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allegedly coined by F. G. Burgess
Related forms:
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
.]
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Part of Speech:
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pull-quote
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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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