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blurb
[ blurb ]
noun
- a brief advertisement or announcement, especially a laudatory one:
She wrote a good blurb for her friend's novel.
verb (used with object)
- to advertise or praise in the manner of a blurb.
blurb
/ blɜːb /
noun
- a promotional description, as found on the jackets of books
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Other Words From
- blurbist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blurb1
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Example Sentences
Even the patron saint of teenage girls, Judy Blume, is featured on the back cover with a blurb for the book.
I first read the book in galleys some months ago; the finished edition carries a blurb from me on the back cover.
He helped John McMillian and me get our first book contract, for The Radical Reader, and then wrote a generous blurb.
Shteyngart sat down with The Daily Beast to discuss the book, the art of the blurb, and, yes, teaching James Franco.
He shares his secret formula for writing a good blurb–and his selfish motive for blurbing so frequently.
Front matter consisting of a blurb and a list of other publications by the author has been moved to the end of the text.
It—it's just the sort of thing we call a 'blurb,' Miss West!
Matson read that blurb in an official press release and laughed cynically.
Herman had the wild thought that they were blurb writers whose jobs had gone to their heads.
Modern Library blurb: "mail complete list of titles" left as is.
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