Frames file for 'name-drop' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset name-drop.01 "insert names of famous people into conversation in order to seem more important":
Roles:
Arg0:insecure individual
Examples:
must be Los Angeles (-)
person: third
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
But the truth is that almost everyone, from real-estate agents to
city fathers, name-drops; and a surprising number of people have
an ancient uncle who claims he lived next door to the cartoonist
who did the Katzenjammer Kids.
Arg0:
almost everyone, from real-estate agents to city
fathers,