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it started in the early 1900's when a fictitious lady called Miss Belinda Blurb was shown 'in the act of Blurbing'. In order to promote a book, the publishers printed a resume on the dust jacket and Miss Belinda Blurb was used to voice the words of the resume. After a while, Miss Blurb was 'dropped' and just the resume remained, as it does to this day.

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What is the full word for the word blurb?

The word "blurb" is not an abbreviation, or short form, of another word. It was first used in 1914 by G. Burgess to mean "A flamboyant advertisement; an inspired testimonial." Though "blurb" is an American slang term, it does not come from a longer word.


Promotional description or summary of a creative work found on a book sleeve DVD or CD case?

blurb


What is the other word for blurb?

blurb oviously mean like the definition of promting the stuff blah blah blah, but whats really important in life, is it answering stupid qs that nobody cares about or is it about getting out in the world and doin stuff that's actually important like goin to parties getting a six pack,drinking a six pack, vomiting a sixpack, buying another six pack...my name is [TAWYER], one day everyone will know who i am, i can almost garantee this, so why ur doin ur normal job, well what u think is, traking down people like me writing stuff that isn't actually a dictinary definintion remember [TAWYER] thank you, i would love for u to contact me through, Daniel@hotmail.com so we can descuss how my fame will come around


What do you find at the back of a book?

A glossary is usually situated at the back of a book. The back cover of a book usually contains a blurb about the contents of the book.


What is the backbne of a book called?

Well, it can be called several things... epilogue, postscript, afterword... and there are lots of specialized things that you could see at the end of a book too, like Glossaries or an Index, or an Appendix, or an Addendum. :) Grouped together, all the stuff at the back is called "back matter."