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puffery

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Summary

puffery is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

Key Facts

  • puffery is a type of exaggeration[2].
  • puffery's facet of is recorded as legal terminology[3].
  • puffery's facet of is recorded as colloquial language[4].
  • puffery's facet of is recorded as advertising[5].
  • puffery's described by source is recorded as Wex[6].
  • puffery's different from is recorded as street cry[7].

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Definition and Type

puffery is a type of exaggeration[2].

Why It Matters

puffery is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · William Graham · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jstor topic id (archived) → puffery
    Wikidata description → idom term
    Facet of → legal terminology, informal, advertising
    Different from → street cry
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: exaggeration"
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