Walter Mitty

Noun

Meaning

A sad or pathetic person given to flights of fancy; a daydreamer.

An imposter, especially one falsely claiming to have done military service.

Examples

As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight. Jonathan Winters

I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with cowboys, I started rodeoing. When I was calf-roping, there was something about the dirt that made me feel clean. James Caan

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