name-dropping

noun

1. the introduction into one’s conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.

verb (used without object), name-dropped, name-drop·ping.

1. to indulge in name-dropping.

noun

1. informal the practice of referring frequently to famous or fashionable people, esp as though they were intimate friends, in order to impress others