Namedrop

If Larsen were a really cool boss, he'd namedrop the Pixies while firing Burroughs. ❋ Eliot Nelson (2011)

I'm guessing that you mean 'everyone' to refer to 'everyone in SF/F', in which case the best answer to this question is a general one: I love all that high-culture experimental Modernist and postmodernist literature that so many truefans take pride in denigrating -- genuinely love, I mean; not just 'think it makes me look clever to namedrop' or 'grudgingly admire'. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How often have academics been taken for their word simply because they namedrop their university, even when what they have to say is complete garbage? ❋ Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright (2011)

Also, it's been suggested that I namedrop everyone drawn above for those with Google Alerts set up (though, sadly, I don't think Norton or Heinlein really do much ego surfing these days). ❋ Pabba (2009)

Gena, I still snicker over the LOTU namedrop in another series about Immortals ... ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

(Or, to namedrop a bigger name, Molly Ivins once commented that the transition of journalism from what was essentially a working class job to a professional track neatly coincided with the fortunes of the American working class falling off a cliff.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

And yet clearly he did more than say "both changed team," and he sure seemed to be lauding McNabb's quality before and after the Montana namedrop. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While they'd never namedrop, these planners work with an A-list of tastemakers, influencers, philanthropists and celebrities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He even finds a way to namedrop the Zen haiku poet, Basho - to zero laughter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I take exception to the notion that Burgess never wrote a great novel–you know my feelings re: EARTHLY POWERS and need one namedrop CLOCKWORK ORANGE? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only other way to get that is to namedrop MegaTen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What i find more sad than anything is that my fellow human beings spend all their time memorizing the names of supermodels they will never even meet to namedrop on “whos the hottest” lists whilst neglecting important things to fill your head with worthless bullshit like the names of hundreds of random women who spend their entire lives looking pretty rather than contributing to society. morons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yes, yes, lovely namedrop but have you asked him about the thong? ❋ Newmania (2007)

The bracelet mention by Obama was good, basically saying "I can namedrop the mothers of one of our fallen soldiers too - whats your point?" ❋ Unknown (2009)

myspace profiles [that list] [4000] bands! "nice [name drop], fag" ❋ Someslutwhore (2005)

[yeah i know] [so and so] from this band and so and so and i [hung out] . stupid namedropping fags. ❋ Holly (2004)

"Too funny, dude! Check out [Gayrab's] latest post [on the b].b. He happened to be at the same skate spot that (insert pro skater here) was skating. So now he posted that they went together. HA! HA! HA!" "[Yeppers], good ol' Ablab. Funny stuff, Maynard." ❋ TatooedSK8R (2004)

u here tehAdmin? [stop] namedropping me, [I'm busy] * TehAdmin is now known as TehAdmin|[busy] ❋ Sikon (2006)

Namedropping [in action]: "Hey i heard Crysty got [gonorrhea]" "No way! How do you know?" "Well i [promised] not to tell... but her friend Tommy told me" ❋ Thomas Rojas (2008)