b 3 l 1 u 1 r 1 b 3
5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
originCoined 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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