name-dropping英'neim,drɔpiŋ美'neim,drɔpiŋCOCA⁹⁷²⁹²BNC¹⁰⁴⁵⁸⁴⁺⁶iWeb⁵⁵⁵⁶¹ 基本英英词源记法 n.略提知名人物以示相识而提高自己身份¹⁰⁰ Noun: 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