angeberei (durch erwähnung bekannter namen)

Немецкий Язык - Английский Язык

Определение angeberei (durch erwähnung bekannter namen) в Немецкий Язык Английский Язык словарь

name-dropping

Present participle of name-drop

Our drama teacher is always name-dropping, but I bet she's never even been to New York.

The practice of casually mentioning famous or important people or the titles of their works, often subtly implying familiarity or association, in order to impress others

when someone mentions the name of a famous person they have met or have some connection with, in order to seem impressive to other people - used humorously or to show disapproval

the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener; "the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it