BLURB
What does "BLURB" mean?
A short promotional description, especially praise printed on a book cover.
Meanings
- A brief promotional summary or endorsement, typically on a book jacket or in advertising. The blurb on the back made the novel sound thrilling.
- To write or provide such a promotional description for a work. A famous author agreed to blurb her debut. informal
Did you know?
- The word 'blurb' is a joke that stuck: in 1907 humorist Gelett Burgess mocked gushing cover praise by inventing a fictional 'Miss Belinda Blurb' for a book jacket, and the spoof became the industry's term for the real thing.
Word origin
Coined in 1907 by American humorist Gelett Burgess, who put a fictional 'Miss Belinda Blurb' on a comic book jacket to mock gushing cover praise.
Remember it
A BLURB is a BLURB of words that blurts out praise - the doubled B-and-B bookends a tiny burst of hype.
A little poem
Three breathless lines decide if you'll be read -
the whole book waits behind what one stranger said.
couplet
Wordplay
- My autobiography's blurb says it's unputdownable - which is true, because no one has picked it up.
What it teaches
A few borrowed words of praise can outweigh a hundred thousand of your own - choose your endorsers wisely.
Quick facts
What does BLURB mean?
A short promotional description, especially praise printed on a book cover.
Is BLURB a valid word?
Yes — BLURB is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLURB?
BLURB has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLURB come from?
Coined in 1907 by American humorist Gelett Burgess, who put a fictional 'Miss Belinda Blurb' on a comic book jacket to mock gushing cover praise.
What can BLURB teach us?
A few borrowed words of praise can outweigh a hundred thousand of your own - choose your endorsers wisely.
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