blurb

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Coined by American humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) on a book dust jacket at a trade association dinner in 1907. It said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (ficticious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA:/blɝ(ː)b/
• Schoolbook Phonetics: (blûrb)
• Last Resort Phonetics: blurrb
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)b

[edit] Noun

blurb (plural blurbs)

1. A short description of a book, film, musical work, or other product written and used for promotional purposes.

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: takakansiteksti, mainosteksti

[edit] Verb

to blurb (third-person singular simple present blurbs, present participle blurbing, simple past and past participle blurbed)

1. To write or quote something in a blurb
   • 2007 July 4, David M. Halbfinger, “Appearing Way Before the Film: The Review”, New York Times:

     When Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald blogged about having seen and loved “The Departed” in Toronto in a supposedly private screening last fall, Warner Brothers “scolded me very strongly,” he said, “but they still blurbed a line from my blog in their opening ad.”