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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In interviews, McCann boasted of notching huge returns on a flash-in-the-pan memecoin called BONK.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026 -
As the tax season kicked off in January, the White House boasted that average returns were projected to rise by at least $1,000.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Before the trial, three inmates contacted the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office to say that Hedrick bragged about killing Beason, Miller and Fye.—
John Wayne Ferguson,
Houston Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Lindell bragged of spending millions to combat election fraud.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Gasconaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasconaded. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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