puffery

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• puffery — puff·ery / pə fə rē/ n: puffing Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. puffery …   Law dictionary

• Puffery — Puff er*y, n. The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• puffery — inflated laudation [OED], 1782, from PUFF (Cf. puff) in its figurative sense + ERY (Cf. ery) …   Etymology dictionary

• puffery — ► NOUN ▪ exaggerated praise …   English terms dictionary

• puffery — [puf′ərē] n. exaggerated praise, as in advertising …   English World dictionary

• Puffery — Peacock words redirects here. For the Wikipedia policy, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (words to watch). Puffery as a legal term refers to promotional statements and claims that express subjective rather than objective views, which no reasonable… …   Wikipedia

• puffery — noun Date: 1782 exaggerated commendation especially for promotional purposes ; hype …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• puffery — /puf euh ree/, n., pl. pufferies. 1. undue or exaggerated praise. 2. publicity, acclaim, etc., that is full of undue or exaggerated praise. [1775 85; PUFF + ERY] * * * …   Universalium

• puffery — noun a) An act of puffing. b) Fulsome public praise …   Wiktionary

• puffery — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: advertisement, ballyhoo, buildup, promotion, publicity. Informal: pitch, plug. Slang: hype. See KNOWLEDGE …   English dictionary for students

• puffery — puff·er·y || pÊŒfÉ™rɪ n. exaggerated praise, extravagant commendation …   English contemporary dictionary