blurb

Etymology
on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner in 1907. 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”.

Noun

 * 1) A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: blakerteks, flapteks
 * Catalan: sinopsi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 大作廣告
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: takakansiteksti, mainosteksti
 * French:
 * German:, Einbandtext, Umschlagtext
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: fascetta pubblicitaria
 * Japanese: 宣伝文
 * Norwegian: brødtekst
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, baksidestext
 * Welsh: broliant

Verb

 * 1)  To write or quote in a blurb.
 * 2)  To supply with a blurb.
 * 1)  To supply with a blurb.

Etymology
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