Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To write or quote in a blurb. · To supply with a blurb.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.
Coined by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.
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