name-dropping in English

noun

1

the practice of casually mentioning the names of famous people one knows or claims to know in order to impress others.

It's just a bunch of pretentious name-dropping to make people think they're good via their influences.

Use "name-dropping" in a sentence

1. 2 I didn't want to be accused of name-dropping.

2. It’s impossible to mention the classic television western Bonanza without name-dropping Hoss Cartwright.

3. 4 The hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it.

4. 1 The assistant carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all the famous riders he knew.

5. 5 I must stop saying everyone famous is a good friend. It sounds as if I'm name-dropping.

6. 3 One can do a lot of name-dropping with names of the school'sparents. President Nixon sent his daughters there.

7. 6 He had served on numerous civic committees and dabbled on the fringes of politics, mainly at the name-dropping level.

8. 7 Oh, no. This isn't good. Jim just mentioned Marlon Brando. Larry King is going to spin into an out - of - control name-dropping vortex.

9. Truth in Comedy starts off with a rather immodest amount of name dropping and self congratulating, but after those first few chapters, things take off

10. "The Columnist's greatest triumph is its narrator's voice: a brilliantly odious blend of cliché, double talk and name-dropping."--The New York Times Book Review "[Frank] created a character that deserves to jump outside the Beltway and enter the language like 'Uncle Tom,' …