单词 | puffery |
释义 | puffery (once / 70354 pages) n WORD FAMILY puffery: pufferies+/puff: puffed, puffer, puffery, puffing, puffingly, puffs, puffy/puffer: puffers/puffing: puffings/puffy: puffier, puffiest, puffily, puffiness USAGE EXAMPLES“This is not industry puffery, Mr. President-elect,” the letter reads. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) I'd normally write off such statements as the inflated puffery of a restaurateur looking for publicity. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) The website makes Sully’s one-man company seem larger than it is, and he’s mortified to be called out for this trivial act of puffery. Wall Street Journal(Sep 26, 2016) n a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes) Hyper flattery excessive or insincere praise |
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