Don't quote me, because I feel like a name dropper: Manolo Blahnik.
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It only takes one — maybe two — phone calls to reveal a name dropper.
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He was part coach, part therapist, part motivational speaker and part name dropper.
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She was the older of the two, and the bigger name-dropper by far.
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He's not just a name-dropper: Tinie Tempah is well-educated in the Potterverse.
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Just because you are not a Rockefeller, that does not mean you are not a name dropper.
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In my head, I have an informal taxonomy of acknowledgments, and one species is the Name-Dropper.
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Notorious name-dropper Kathy Griffin has long touted her position as a celebrity adored by gay men.
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He was a seasoned name-dropper who relished chauffeuring stars and had twice completed a Mercedes-Benz training course.
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What Mr. Blanco is not, however, is a hanger-on, or a name-dropper with nothing to back it up.
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Obviously, there is no rule of thumb — mentioning three famous names a week does not automatically make you a name dropper.
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He's also an excellent name-dropper, touting his love for not just Michael Jackson's music, but the man, who lived in Trump Tower.
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Be a name dropper It may be poor form to drop names in everyday life, but you absolutely should do it on your resume.
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For a man who once knew everybody who was anybody without having to advertise it, Ovitz has now become a shockingly frequent name-dropper.
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People who worked with him described him as low-key -- a discreet name-dropper who often volunteered his efforts as a go-between and provided credible information.
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"It was very clear that she was a networker and a bit of a name-dropper," said Ms. Eisenhower, who played down her own encounter with Ms. Butina.
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But I didn&apost reward myself with a pair of name-dropper shoes to wear to the clique&aposs next gathering or a dazzling ring to commemorate the achievement.
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You know plenty of people, have friends in high places, and boast a prize-winning smile, so trust that you know who to contact for help—just don't be a name-dropper!
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She is at some pains, though, to dispel the widespread notion that the books can't be much good because their author was a toff—a snob, a name-dropper, a mossbacked Tory.
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Penick is a terrible name-dropper, but once you forgive him for all the mentions of golf legends like Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw and what they learned from him, his prose hums along at a grandfatherly, crotchety pace.
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As director Eva Orner's Netflix documentary makes clear, Bikram Choudhury was, among other things, a world-class marketer and name-dropper, rattling off a client roster as varied as Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley, George Harrison and Frank Sinatra.
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Yet from his showroom tucked away in Milan's Navigli canal district, the soft-spoken, bespectacled designer, a reluctant name-dropper, has dressed such celebrities as Leonardo DiCaprio, James Franco, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, and — yes — the current Bond, Daniel Craig (who wore one of Mr. Alba's shawl-collar cashmere sweaters during an appearance last March at the New York Theater Workshop).
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Girardot is the author of true crime non-fiction books, including Name Dropper, which was cited by author Walter Kirn in his book Blood Will Out. He is co-author with Burl Barer of A Taste For Murder, Betrayal in Blue with Barer and Ken Eurell and Burned, the biography of serial arsonist John Orr. Burned was CO-written with Orr's daughter Lori Orr Kovach. All, except Name Dropper, are published by Wild Blue Press.
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Two months after Charles Manson incited the murder of five people, including McQueen's friends Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring, the media reported police had found a hit list with McQueen's name on it. According to his first wife, McQueen began carrying a handgun at all times in public, including at Sebring's funeral.Dunne, Dominick. The Way We Lived Then: Recollections of a Well Known Name Dropper. 1999.
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Name-dropping is used to position oneself within a social hierarchy. It is often used to create a sense of superiority by raising one's status. By implying (or directly asserting) a connection to people of high status, the name-dropper hopes to raise their own social status to a level closer to that of those whose names they have dropped, and thus elevate themselves above, or into, present company. Name-dropping can also be used to identify people with a common bond.
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Vonnie has become a pretentious name-dropper and Bobby is at first repulsed by her. However, he agrees to show her around New York—as she had once done for him in Hollywood. They spend an evening without Phil, visiting Bobby's favorite haunts and, as dawn breaks over Central Park, share a kiss; but it's clear that it can go no further. Bobby's sister Evelyn (Sari Lennick) asks their brother, Ben, to "talk to" her disagreeable neighbor; Ben promptly kills him.
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And the most fabulous part about this, darlings, is that every Sunday we will present other stars of the same magnitude. Uh, pardon me if I sound like a name dropper, but, uh, let's look into three or four of the names we've lined up for next week's show: Groucho Marx, Fanny Brice, Jane Powell and Ezio Pinnnn- za! (Laughter) Well, now, don't just sit there with your mouths open, darlings. I know what you're thinking: you think such a radio show every week is impossible.
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List of Squidbillies episodes#Season 2: 2006 In 2007, Katz joked to Blast Magazine entertainment editor Bessie King about the success of his Comedy Central show and the recent release of the full series on DVD. "I’m so proud of that work and I’m a compulsive name dropper, [but] when I did a movie with Ice Cube over the summer I said...I hope my best work is not behind me but if it is, I’m glad it's Dr. Katz," he said.Interviewing Dr. Katz - Blast, the Online Magazine, blastmagazine.com, December 2007.
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" When the Times asked him about the comedians Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce, to whom he is often compared, Miller stated that he had been impressed with transcripts of Sahl's early work but that as Sahl's career continued he became too tied to the Kennedy family and became a "savage name- dropper," which diminished him in Miller's eyes, and served as an example for him to avoid. Miller had no respect for Bruce, telling the Times, "Lenny was a heroin addict, and I couldn't care less about heroin addicts. Once I hear a guy is a heroin addict, and they tell me he's a genius, I think, 'Really?' I'm not trying to be judgmental.
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