blurb

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• To write or quote in a blurb.
• To supply with a blurb.

Origin

• 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”.