hoopla

hoopla
Synonyms and related words:
PR, ballyhoo, blurb, bright light, celebration, celebrity, common knowledge, conviviality, cry, currency, daylight, eclat, elation, exposure, exultation, fame, famousness, festivity, gaiety, glare, holiday-making, hue and cry, jollification, jollity, joviality, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, larking, limelight, mafficking, maximum dissemination, merriment, merrymaking, notoriety, plug, press notice, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, racketing, raucous happiness, reclame, rejoicing, report, reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, show of joy, skylarking, spotlight, triumph, whoopee, write-up

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