1. exaggerated or misleading praise or publicity, especially in advertising
Usage: plural form of puffery

Examples

• The advertisement was full of pufferies about the product’s miraculous effects.
• Critics dismissed the book reviews as mere pufferies from the publisher.
• The company’s marketing materials contained obvious pufferies that consumers learned to ignore.
• Legal experts argued that such pufferies in advertising should be regulated more strictly.
• The politician’s campaign was criticized for its reliance on pufferies rather than concrete policy proposals.
• Consumers have become skeptical of the pufferies commonly found in product descriptions.