gasconaded

past tense of gasconade
as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess the Baron Münchhausen was so notorious for gasconading about his purported exploits as soldier and hunter that his name has become synonymous with the telling of tall tales

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  • The device sounded terrifying – an apparently new, nuclear capable IRBM, fired with multiple conventional warheads, that the Kremlin boasted could rip through European defenses.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Portuguese won seven major trophies (three Premier Leagues, an FA Cup and three League Cups) during two spells at Stamford Bridge (2004-7, 2013-15) and boasted extraordinary statistics like not losing any of his first 77 home Premier League games (a run finally ended by Sunderland in 2014).
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • However, a jailhouse informant told a DA investigator in a recorded interview that Neary bragged in jail about stabbing Miner.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • During one meeting, Kazakevich reportedly bragged about his ability to make or acquire bullets for nearly every occasion.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Gasconaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasconaded. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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