Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cream puff piece

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: cream puff -piece
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A positive article or review that is largely based on opinion.

Informal

Example Sentences

"In some cases, that was true; they thought I was just another beauty or fashion editor who would do a cream-puff piece about their products ."
"This week includes criticism of our story on Laura Bush as a "cream puff piece" and praise for the new invention we featured which turns off other peoples' televisions, called TV-B-Gone."
"While he was a player with the Florida Marlins a writer did a “cream puff piece” on him where Renteria told him his family calls him Ricky instead of Rich."

Etymology

Blend of cream puff + puff piece.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

cream puff pieces (plural) creampuff piece (alternative)

Synonyms

puff piece

Questions

What does cream puff piece mean?: A positive article or review that is largely based on opinion.
Where does cream puff piece come from?: Blend of cream puff + puff piece.

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