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fanfaronade

noun

ˌfan-ˌfer-ə-ˈnād

Definition of fanfaronade

as in hot air

boastful speech or writing all his talk of how he would easily win the boxing match turned out to be so much fanfaronade

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The recovered heat can be transferred to water for district heating networks, used to produce steam for industrial equipment, or supplied as hot air for manufacturing and drying processes.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
The hackers shifted grocery freezers into defrost mode, the freezers began blowing hot air onto the frozen food, and, in some, temperatures rose to 122 degrees.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of hot air

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Meanwhile, Rodríguez is already signaling an interest in working with Washington, despite some of her public rhetoric, tapping former opposition aide Oliver Blanco as foreign minister.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The schmaltzy rhetoric around nearly all of the works evidences a great desire for purpose, meaning, even dogma, but such things do not tend to emerge from entertainment or leisure practices so much as from constraint and necessity.

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of rhetoric

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The $120 whole chicken sparked plenty of online chatter, though the $65 half-chicken is substantial enough for a party of four.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
There has been chatter about teams tanking to avoid being elevated to the Open Division.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of chatter

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has lent some backing in their own study to Waymo’s safety brag.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026
One of the Roundhouse’s biggest brags is an extensive liquor collection, highlighting spirits produced in New York State.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of brag

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