ballyhooistn.
/ˌbalɪˈhuːɪst/, U.S. /ˈbæliˌhuəst/ A person who engages in ballyhooing; = ballyhooer n.
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1927 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 July 59/4 This time Jack has a graduate ballyhooist at the head of affairs.
1941 Manch. Guardian 18 Apr. 8/5 War Weapons Week not Ballyhoo... ‘That, I think,’ he said, ‘is the complete answer to what I term the ballyhooists.’
1996 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 30 June (Everyday Mag.) 1/4 Seeing the centennial celebration of the [Olympic] Games here clutched tight in the talons of corporate ballyhooists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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