name-dropper

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He’s a compulsive name-dropper, peppering his speeches with boring stories whose only point is to exaggerate his relationship to famous people.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2025

Baker is an All-Star name-dropper, having casually mentioned interactions with 11-time NBA champ Bill Russell, basketball Hall of Famer Moses Malone and John F. Kennedy Jr. in recent months.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2021

Baker is an All-Star name-dropper, having casually mentioned interactions with 11-time NBA champ Bill Russell, NBA Hall of Famer Moses Malone and John F. Kennedy Jr. in recent months.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2021

She is at some pains, though, to dispel the widespread notion that the books can’t be much good because their author was a toff—a snob, a name-dropper, a mossbacked Tory.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018

Ah no, wait, it’s Evan Handler playing Alan Dershowitz, the lawyer and Harvard name-dropper whose high-profile clients included Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson and, currently, Julian Assange.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2016