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blowhard
noun
a boaster, a braggart US, 1857- “[A] braggart and a blowhard of the type who may climb up on a sopabox and shout for a following, the way we’ve all seen Mr. Ceswick do, then back down the moment there is any real danger to him personally.” — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 149, 1962
- I don’t have to listen long before another empurpled, rightwing blowhard starts pontificating[.] — The Guardian, 25 July 2003
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