A name-dropper
Today I met a woman which is so talkative and such a namedropper. Whatever you say, she will always know. We were sitting together with the other two friends of her and having afternoon tea. She talked all the time with very loud voice. Every time when she asks you a question, she would always answer it for you. When someone else was trying to speak, she would raise her tone and try to cover the other person's voice. When we put a topic on the table which she doesn't know, she would pretend she knowing that and getting the speaking chance and change the topic which is only about her and her family immediately.When she try to gave you a comment, she would say 'ohh, your cook was terrible and it's much better now!' When she got a massage from her phone, and she would pick it up and try to be very busy and complaining a lot of the messages whoever sent her. Even she was looking at her phone, everyboday else still need look at her and listen to her. ...Such a terrible day!

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Someone who pretends to know everything is a "know-it-all."

A "name-dropper" is someone who keeps mentioning famous people he's supposedly seen or is friends with. You don't know if it's true and you don't know how close the relationship is. It's called "dropping" a name because the name-dropper just "drops" the name into a conversation without saying much about it, as if he knows the person well and talks to them all the time.

For example, this is not name-dropping: "I once met a Nobel prizewinner, Robert Shiller. He's my neighbor's brother-in-law and gave a talk in their church. I went and listened. He told funny stories about the Nobel ceremony. Afterwards, I line up to shake his hand, and got him to sign my copy of his book, 'Irrational Exuberance.'"

This is name-dropping: "I was having lunch the other day with Bob Shiller and Gene Fama, when Lars Hansen came by to ask me what I thought about bitcoin, and..."

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