name-dropper
Example Sentences
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He’s also an Olympic-level name-dropper.
From Washington Post
These conversations later furnished him with a rich store of anecdotes that enabled him to become an accomplished raconteur and an Olympic-class name-dropper.
From Scientific American
He is the most fantastic name-dropper, but if you ask him for any more detail … “Ah, celebrities,” he says, knowingly.
From The Guardian
Yet from his showroom tucked away in Milan’s Navigli canal district, the soft-spoken, bespectacled designer, a reluctant name-dropper, has dressed such celebrities as Leonardo DiCaprio, James Franco, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, and — yes — the current Bond, Daniel Craig.
From New York Times
She’s also a pathological name-dropper—bask in the mononyms Drew, Noni, Gwynnie, Skeet, and Neve for a skip down memory lane.
From Slate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
