Translations for „puffery“ in the English » German Dictionary

puff·ery [ˈpʌfəri, Am -ɚi] N no pl inf

puffery

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English

It's a thrilling story that could have been better told without enough puffery and sugar to fill the shelves of a good-sized bakery.

www.theglobeandmail.com

If you led the creative on a national marketing campaign that generated three times the projected return on investment, you don't need puffery.

www.fastcompany.com

Usually, claims like that can not be assessed, and are dismissed as campaign puffery.

theconversation.com

They insert puffery and spin.

en.wikipedia.org

It was an invitation to treat, mere puffery, a gimmick.

en.wikipedia.org

But it makes no sense whatsoever that these views have to be met with puffery or silence, instead of vigorous debate.

www.thenation.com

All those futuristic advancements we promised were just a bit of puffery.

paleofuture.gizmodo.com

In each case, transparency about corporate practices serves as a check on puffery.

theconversation.com

He was openly contemptuous of the whole regimentation and the climate of puffery.

www.npr.org

His exhibitions of individual works were accompanied by promotion, ticket sales, and, in the words of one critic, a vast machinery of advertisement and puffery.

en.wikipedia.org