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Applause with a paper trail — praise official enough to quote on a book jacket.
means To praise someone or something publicly and enthusiastically, especially in a way that gets recorded or repeated.
from From Latin acclamare — 'ad-' (toward) plus 'clamare' (to shout or cry out, the root also behind 'claim' and 'exclaim'). It originally meant shouting approval or disapproval at someone, like a crowd roaring at a public figure; over time the shouting quieted into the more formal, written-down praise we use the word for now.
- vs fame
- fame needs no merit, acclaim demands it
- root
- from latin clamare, to shout
- shelf life
- outlasts trends, fades slower than virality
- favorite habitat
- award shows, blurbs, obituaries