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huh? AHD defines 'bloviate' thusly: To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful mannerseems 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> AHDvs. <to orate verbosely or windily> W3oh 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.
-joe (signifying nothing) friday
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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. The Only WO'N!
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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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