name-drop
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of name-drop
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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I’ll name-drop because Jeff Tweedy is a friend and he helped me get it and made it playable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Throughout, the characters routinely name-drop philosophers and authors they've obviously never read while indulging bizarre fantasies of living forever and ruling the universe as benevolent dictators.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
Of course, being a journalist, Avlon couldn’t help but name-drop other journalists he’d been reading.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024
This special is a more modest effort, and her personal anecdotes can’t help but name-drop now that she’s better known.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
Nina Simone An American jazz and civil rights titan whose uncompromising virtuosity, political fury and tender melancholy informs Beyoncé’s whole career, and who gets a well-deserved “Break My Soul” name-drop.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023
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