puffery
/ˈpʌfəɹi/
puffery noun: an act of puffing.
Noun
puffery (countable and uncountable, plural pufferies)
- An act of puffing.
- Excessive or false public praise.
- Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff.
- Harvest was promptly pegged as a "lite" group, a purveyor of pop puffery.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 294
- Cigarheads even have a new magazine, a lavish, glossy two-pound package of pride and puffery called Cigar Aficionado.1996 November, J. E. Lighter, “Blowing Smoke”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015
puffery meaning in Tamil
puffery in Tamil
- சீர்த்தி
Forms of puffery
| plural | pufferies |
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Origin of puffery
From puff + -ery.
Words formed from puffery
Questions about puffery
- What does puffery mean?
- Puffery means an act of puffing.
- What is puffery in Tamil?
- Puffery in Tamil is சீர்த்தி. See Puffery meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is puffery?
- Puffery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puffery?
- Puffery is pronounced /ˈpʌfəɹi/.
- What is the plural of puffery?
- The plural of puffery is pufferies.
Words near puffery in the dictionary
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