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• n  the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener
  the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it

• Outside, the designer name-dropping continues unabated via Bertoia chairs and Durat tabletops crafted from recycled plastic.
• Sometimes he does not bother with name-dropping; he just gets a false beard or teeth from the novelty store and skips blithely into and out of trouble.
• The movement also mastered the art of garnering headlines through celebrity name-dropping, declaring that it would participate in peace talks if they were mediated by President .

News & Articles

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• Video: Obama: Rory McIlroy thinks my golf game needs "some help"
  President Obama joked about his golf game during remarks to Northern Ireland youth in Belfast, name-dropping professional golfer and Irishman Rory McIlroy.
  June 17, 2013 - CBS News
• J-Kwon Returns W/ Hard-Hitting Pusha T & Odd Future Diss [Audio]
  St. Louis rapper J-Kwon is back with a vengeance after taking ample time away from the music scene with a name-dropping diss record called "Pushing the Odds." [Visit SOHH.com for more information]
  June 12, 2013 - SOHH.com

Quotes

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• Chuck Palahniuk in Vancouver Sun
  At one point, Sam stops talking and got really self-conscious,Palahniuk says. "He said, 'Listen to me. All I can say is blah, blah, blah Brad Pitt, blah, blah, blah Brad Pitt. It sounds like I have some weird name-dropping form of...
• Charlie Manuel in ESPN
  I think sometimes when you're losing a lot of frustration comes out,Manuel said. "Also a lot of finger-pointing or name-dropping."