blurbable

comparative more blurbable · superlative most blurbable

1. Suitable for, or worthy or capable of, being blurbed.

   FILM CRITICS are falling all over themselves to bestow blurbable superlatives on “Braveheart,” the blood-drenched epic directed by, and starring, Mel Gibson.

   1995 June 1, Gabriel Rotello, “Gays Should Beware of Men in Kilts”, in New York Edition Newsday, sports final edition, volume 55, number 271, New York, N.Y.: Newsday Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A36, column 1

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   cannot disagree with much of Steve Watson's review of _The Raleigh Legacy_ but I can answer his question about the identity of Jon L. Lellenberg. Jon's blurbable status derives primarily from the fact that he is the literary agent for Dame Jean Conan Doyle in the U.S., where the characters [Sherlock] Holmes and [Dr.] Watson are still protected under complex legal aspects of copyright and trademark that I cannot claim to understand.

   1993 May 24, Donald Pollock, “The Raleigh Legacy”, in alt.fan.holmes (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026

   I don't think it would have increased the take either but it would have been a nice gesture. Even in the print ads there was no blurb about how good a performance either of them [David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson] gave. I think Fox could have found at least one review that had a blurbable piece about the acting.

   1998 July 29, SJacobs236, “Question about Movie's [The X-Files] Marketing”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026

   > -- Ken [de-lurking] De lurking?^([sic]) Sounds to me like you have an agenda. Perhaps to promote this film? Your "review" has all the earmarks of a hack reviewer, trying to fit as many blurbable phrases into one paragraph.

   1998 December 18, Robert Whelan, “Loving Shakespeare in Love”, in rec.arts.movies.current-films (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026

   Recently, a group called Citizens for Truth in Movie Advertising filed a class-action lawsuit against the major studios over junkets, charging that because the studios often foot the bill for the journalists' air fare, hotels and meals, and even give them goodie bags filled with freebies in exchange for publicity, the studios are "perpetrating a fraud on the movie-going public." Evidence of the fraud? Junketeers have produced blurbable reviews such as "Battlefield Earth Will Rock America" or "Swordfish was one of the most breathlessly entertaining releases of the summer."

   2001 July 27, Jeannette Walls, newsletter; quoted in Billie, “What celebrities are like behind that fake smile”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet), 27 July 2001, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026

   Anyone read it yet? The jacket blurb didn't do much for me, but I suspect it might not be blurbable; I really liked _The Gift_ and I doubt that blurb did it justice (don't have it here to check).

   2002 January 30, Kate Nepveu, “New Patrick O'Leary--Opinions?”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026