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Coined by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: blakerteks — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Afrikaans: flapteks — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Arabic: تَقْرِيظ (taqrīẓ) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Bulgarian: анота́ция (anotácija) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Catalan: sinopsi — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Chinese Mandarin: 大作廣告 /大作广告 (dàzuò guǎnggào) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Dutch: flaptekst — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Finnish: takakansiteksti — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Finnish: mainosteksti — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• French: quatrième de couverture — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Georgian: მოკლე ანოტაცია (moḳle anoṭacia) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• German: Klappentext — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• German: Einbandtext — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• German: Umschlagtext — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Hungarian: fülszöveg — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Italian: fascetta pubblicitaria — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Japanese: 宣伝文 (sendenbun) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Norwegian: brødtekst — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Persian: تقریظ (taqriz) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Polish: blurb — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Portuguese: sinopse — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Portuguese: resumo — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Portuguese: síntese — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Russian: аннота́ция (annotácija) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Russian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Spanish: sinopsis — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Spanish: resumen — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Spanish: síntesis — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Swedish: anmälan — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Swedish: baksidestext — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Swedish: puff — a short description of a book, film, or other work
• Welsh: broliant — a short description of a book, film, or other work