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huh? AHD defines 'bloviate' thusly:

To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner

seems there's an integral element of self-importance -- manifested in euphuistic verbage -- to bloviating.

'course, i'm just feeling argumentative since you slammed my pitiful philosophical knowledge in I&A


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<To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner> AHD

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<to orate verbosely or windily> W3

oh no! what'll we do now?

I guess, after causing this digression, I'm obligated to come up with an alternate...

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a wordmonger, through excessive lucubrations, is in danger of becoming known as an ergotist.

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However, combine bloviate with picayunish, and you've got a the person in question: The person-in-question bloviating picayunishly.

How's zat?

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Welcome, bowhaus! And thanks for the intriguing post! Hope you stick around for more!

How about mendacious?...close, but not quite.

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How about a nice simple word: showoff ?


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How about a nice simple word v2: Jerk


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