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braggadocio

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A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.

Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Gaddis, John Lewis We Now Know, 1998, p. 240. From the viewpoint of Eisenhower, in 1956 he had no way of knowing for certain whether Khrushchev's nuclear braggadocio was for real or not. Source: Internet

On his initial solo release, 1990's Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Ice Cube injected virulent political and cultural rhetoric that stepped above N.W.A's gangbanging braggadocio. Source: Internet

Jones runs through this track with ease: He switches between classic New York braggadocio and a surprisingly developed thoughtfulness. Source: Internet

When Wolfman invented that character, full of braggadocio and insults, he planned for the young teen to mature, and hoped that eventually people would recognize his good qualities. Source: Internet

What Crouse referred to as Apple’s “braggadocio, his grandstanding, his mammoth ego” dominated the portrait in “The Boys on the Bus.” Source: Internet

The rapper saw parallels between the hedonistic Jazz Age lifestyles described by Fitzgerald and his own, and proceeded to map out compositions fueled by braggadocio and high self-regard. Source: Internet

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