puffery
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Noun[edit]
puffery (countable and uncountable, plural pufferies)
- An act of puffing.
- Excessive or false public praise.
- Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 294:
- Harvest was promptly pegged as a "lite" group, a purveyor of pop puffery.
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act of puffing
fulsome public praise
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Wordnet Definition: (n) puffery - a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes): Wordnet License