press-agentry

[pres-ey-juhn-tree]

press-a·gent·ry

[pres-ey-juhn-tree]
noun
1.
the vocation or responsibilities of a press agent.
2.
publicity produced by a press agent's work or skill, especially in making a person or thing seem more desirable, admirable, or successful.

Origin:
1910–15; press agent + -ry
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Press-agentry is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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