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flackery

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flack⋅er⋅y

  [flak-uh-ree]
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–noun
publicity and promotion; press-agentry.
Origin:
flack 1 + -ery
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flack 1   (flāk)   
n.  A press agent; a publicist.
v.   flacked, flack·ing, flacks

v.   intr.
To act as a press agent: flacking for a movie studio.
v.   tr.
To act as a press agent for; promote: authors who tour the country flacking their books.

[Origin unknown.]
flack'er·y n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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flackery [ˈflækɚi]

  1. n.
    an advertising agency. : Ted works for a flackery over on Maple Street.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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