as in braggarts
someone who boasts
the swaggering braggadocio is a stock figure of American folklore, with Davy Crockett and Mike Fink being prime examples
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Noun
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Any resemblance to real-life megalomaniacal blowhards in positions of power are anything but coincidental.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Or the skewering and scathing kind from social media, where everyone’s a target by armchair quarterback blowhards, including over four mixed starts at Arizona State in 2023.—
Joe Davidosn,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Three electric blowers inflate the bellows.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Sep. 2025
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But, if so, wouldn’t whistle-blowers have turned up something by now?—
Matthew Hutson,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Braggadocios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggadocios. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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