namedropping
Meaning of namedropping
verb
To casually mention a well-known or illustrious person or the titles of their works, often implying familiarity or association, especially in order to impress others, increase one's status, or to appear knowledgeable or fashionable.
noun
The practice of casually mentioning famous or important people or the titles of their works, subtly implying familiarity or association, in order to impress others.
Information about namedropping
- The plural form of namedropping is: namedroppings.
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Hyphenation of namedropping
name-drop-ping
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- namedropping is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
namedropping synonyms
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Words that rhyme with namedropping
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