flackery


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flack 1

 (flăk) Informal
n.
A press agent; a publicist.
v. flacked, flack·ing, flacks
v.intr.
To act as a press agent: flacking for a movie studio.
v.tr.
To act as a press agent for; promote: authors who tour the country flacking their books.
[Perhaps after Gene Flack, a movie press agent in the 1920s and 1930s.]
flack′er·y n.

flack 2

 (flăk)
n.
Variant of flak.
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flackery

(ˈflækərɪ)
n
(Marketing) journalism the action of press agents, promotional activity
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