She's always 'dropping names'. [=saying the names of famous people she knows to try to impress others]
He kept 'name-dropping' [='dropping names'] but no one was impressed.
There's an excessive amount of 'name-dropping' in his autobiography.
(..) Keep moving! Now what? Hold on. That was brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! We're dropping! - I say we jump! - When? Now! He knows. You-Know-Who. (..)2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2