puffery

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpʌfəɹi/

Definition of puffery

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of puffing.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of puffing.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Excessive or false public praise.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff.
    “Harvest was promptly pegged as a "lite" group, a purveyor of pop puffery.”
    “Cigarheads even have a new magazine, a lavish, glossy two-pound package of pride and puffery called Cigar Aficionado.”

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Etymology

From puff + -ery.

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