puff piece

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puff piece

noun puff pieces

  1. informal A journalistic form of puffery; an article or story of exaggerated praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary. That's your first question? I thought this was supposed to be a puff piece.

    Similar: cream puff piece

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noun journalistic puffery

DeutschLobeshymne, Werbetext, Lobhudelei
Русскийджинса́ džinsá, заказу́ха zakazúxa

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@misc{puff_piece_2026,
  title = {puff piece},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puff%20piece},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}