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blowhard

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braggart
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But as that amusingly apt introduction suggests, that the character is a blowhard is assumed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

More surprisingly, the prosecution has also peppered its presentation with disparagement of Cohen, whom several witnesses portrayed as a self-interested blowhard.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024

But it also proved to wear thin, perhaps summed up best when former New Jersey governor Chris Christie called him the “most obnoxious blowhard in America” during a debate.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

“This is the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blowhard in America. So shut up for a little while,” Christie told Ramaswamy.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023

I don’t like this blowhard professor very much.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland


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