name-droppern.
/ˈneɪmˌdrɒpə/, U.S. /ˈneɪmˌdrɑpər/ A person who indulges in name-dropping.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > name-dropping > [noun] > one who
name-dropper1939
1939 Los Angeles Times 17 Jan. 115/5 My pet aversion..is the name dropper, the type that is always saying: ‘Well,..when I had lunch with the P. of W., he said–’ I say to them: ‘The P. of What?’ ‘The P. of W., the Prince of Wales, of course,’ they say.
1947 San Francisco Examiner 7 Sept. (Picture Review section) Our newest menace. The name dropper.
1959 Woman's Own 24 Jan. 31/1 One of my favourite snobs—the name-dropper.
1972 H. Kemelman Monday Rabbi took Off xii. 84 He would be likely to point out important people to his son—the wife of the British consul, the American first secretary. He was no name-dropper, but he wanted so much to have his son think well of him.
1989 S. Bellow Theft 7 Wilder is a name-dropper, and the names he most enjoys dropping are the ones he came into by becoming my husband.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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