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Consuelo, I find this very interesting.
To me (and this may just be my personal use of the terms):
blowhard or windbag or hot air or blowing hot air imply ineffectual, empty rhetoric.*
letting off steam implies rhetoric primarily to vent one's feelings, though the rhetoric may seek actual persuasion as well.
breathing fire implies "fighting words": the swords are drawn.
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*as in the fact that the sobriquet of "the windy city" for Chicago was originally coined to refer not to the city's meteorology, but to its aldermen.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted blow hard of troy 09/23/01 03:55 PM Re: blow hard consuelo 09/23/01 04:09 PM Re: blow hard wow 09/23/01 04:14 PM Re: blow hard Keiva 09/23/01 04:22 PM Re: blow hard consuelo 09/23/01 04:30 PM Re: blow hard Keiva 09/23/01 04:44 PM Re: blow hard tsuwm 09/23/01 08:53 PM
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