name-dropper
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈneɪmˌdrɒp.ər/us/ˈneɪmˌdrɑː.pɚ/apersonwhoenjoysname-dropping(=talkingaboutfamouspeoplethat they havemet):
喜欢提及相识的名人（来抬高自己身价）的人He is aconstantname-dropper, but that's because thosenamesare the onlypeopleheknows.他不停地提到那些他认识的名人，但这是因为他只认识这些人。
"You don'tknowher like I do," said Camille, in theusualway of name-droppers.“你对她的了解可比不上我”，卡密尔炫耀似的说道。
See
name-dropping
- She wasdefinitelyaworld-classname-dropper.
- Headmitsto being aterriblename-dropper.
- He's ahabitualname-dropper whoboastsof hisinfluence.
Quoting & making references
- aforementioned
- allude tosomeone/something
- allusion
- allusiveness
- as forsomeone/somethingidiom
- bandysomethingaround
- bring
- come up
- direct speech
- indirect speech
- pursuant
- quote
- refer tosomeone/something
- reference
- referent
- rub
- rubsomeone'snose in itidiom
- rubsomethingin
- touch
- word