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puff piece

puff piece noun: a journalistic form of puffery; an article or story of exaggerated praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.

Noun

puff piece (plural puff pieces)

  1. (informal) A journalistic form of puffery; an article or story of exaggerated praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.
    • That's your first question? I thought this was supposed to be a puff piece.2004, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, spoken by Steve Zissou (Bill Murray)
    • The magazine had sent David Blum to Los Angeles to profile Emilio Estevez, arguably the most famous of the actors in Joel Schumacher's recently released St. Elmo's Fire, and what had been pitched as a typical puff piece quickly warped into a scathing portrayal that soon became scandalous.2019, Bret Easton Ellis, White, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN

Synonyms of puff piece

Forms of puff piece

pluralpuff pieces

Questions about puff piece

What does puff piece mean?
Puff piece means a journalistic form of puffery; an article or story of exaggerated praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.
What part of speech is puff piece?
Puff piece is a noun.
What is the plural of puff piece?
The plural of puff piece is puff pieces.

Words near puff piece in the dictionary

  1. puff out
  2. puff paste
  3. puff pastes
  4. puff pastries
  5. puff pastry
  6. puff piece
  7. puff pieces
  8. puff pipe
  9. puff pipes
  10. puff the magic dragon
  11. puff up

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