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blurb
I. \ˈblərb, ˈblə̄b, ˈbləib\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: coined 1907 by Gelett Burgess died 1951 American humorist & illustrator
: a short highly commendatory and often extravagant publicity notice; especially : such a notice printed on the dust jacket of a book
< this book fails to give what the blurb describes — O.G.S.Crawford >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to publicize in or by means of a blurb
< whom they now blurb as “the Canadian Mark Twain” — Time >
2. : to advertise in the extravagant manner often characteristic of a blurb
< was blurbed as a great novel > |