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gasbag

[gas-bag] / ˈgæsˌbæg /




NOUN
hot-air balloon
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At its least attractive, you may grimly flash on the last gasbag you were stuck next to while waiting on some interminable line.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2022

Willy is a man of flagrant dishonesty and crude habits: Farting and belching on-screen, he’s a literal and figurative gasbag.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2018

He is, thanks to his 15-year partnership with Le Batard, a completely self-aware gasbag.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2018

As Simpson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., captures the football star’s gasbag egotism but falls short of the regal charisma that drew people to him.

From The New Yorker Feb. 8, 2016

There was still a strong sideways pull from the gasbag, which was now nearly empty, but which as a result was catching the wind like a sail.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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