Following on from lanfranco's question, and because I had never heard of this word before today, what is a blurb?

gmackematix

In its original meaning it was all that self-promoting guff on the jacket of a book. In the modern sense, if you click on people's usernames on this site, an self-description they have offered is their blurb. This says more on the origins of the word: http://www.word-detective.com/100297.html May 23 05, 7:32 PM

lanfranco

And, centerice, you have one: "Be very, very careful what you put into that head ...." May 23 05, 8:48 PM

centerice

Thanks, gmack. That is an informative website. lanfranco, now I realize I've heard of it. Sigh, I'm going to go ride the zamboni some more. May 23 05, 9:00 PM

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