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How to pronounce name-dropping in English?

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Type Words
Type of mention, reference


the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it.

Examples of name-dropping

name-dropping
The change was symbolized by dropping two letters from the Disciples'proper name.
From the time.com
Whole passages of the novel are dedicated to self-congratulatory name-dropping.
From the chron.com
The paper claimed that he moved from Britain to the US, dropping his real name.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's likely we'll see a fair bit of boasting and name-dropping from this chap.
From the metro.co.uk
I like your Osama bin Laden name dropping too, very lowest common denominator.
From the washingtontimes.com
How can I at least get him to stop the shameless name-dropping in my company?
From the sltrib.com
Now if that reads like name-dropping, it's not how it sounds when he says it.
From the independent.co.uk
As this stands, it's more a piece of name-dropping than it is anything informative.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Then I fully expect a rush of good rush of tweets name-dropping LeBron James.
From the techcrunch.com