06766812-n 'the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener';
Definitions
- English
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the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener
― the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it
- Japanese
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聞き手に印象づけるために何気なく重要人物に言及すること
― さも親しげに有名人の名前を出すことの難しいところは、それについてあまりに明らかにすることを避けることである
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mention
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Semantic Field: |
communicationn |
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Maintainer:
Francis Bond
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