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Puffery   /pˈəfəri/   Listen
Puffery

noun
1.
A flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes).





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"Puffery" Quotes from Famous Books



... considerably bewildered by all the novelties he has seen, but without the slightest real addition to his previous knowledge of Spanish character and customs. Six months afterwards, the new work on Spain by Ensign Epaulet or Tedious Twaddle, Esquire, issues forth, borne on a mighty blast of puffery, from the ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 • Various


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