Definition of "name-drop" []

• To mention casually the names of illustrious or famous people in order to imply that one is on familiar terms with them, intended as a means of self-promotion. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "One evening I struck up a conversation with “her,” which consisted of me listening to her name-drop continuously in an elitist sneer."
• "Some random bluster and name-drop: "In 2005, we sponsored Rock the Vote, [garbled, something about wine], we got a chance to connect with President Obama then.""
• "Scott Fitzgerald name-drop, it clocks in at less than 90 seconds—and "Blow It Up.""