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  • 111kirker — Noun form of the verb to kirk. One who speaks pompously for effect or pauses in speech at counter intuitive intervals. My old boss was a kirker, so we couldn t even tell when to nod when we tried to pretend that we understood him …

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  • 112artist, -artist — n, suffix an expert in, or devotee of, a particular activity. The word can be added to many others, but the most popular are bull(shit) artist, burn artist, con artist, piss artist, ripoff artist and sack artist. This pattern entered modern… …

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  • 113spout off — vb British to talk volubly, pompously or out of turn. A post 1970 version of the earlier spout or the more literary spout forth , suggesting the outpouring of words. Spout off, like mouth off , is usually used intransitively and is more dispar… …

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  • 114artsier — ar·tsy || ɑːtsɪ adj. (Informal) pretentiously artistic, pompously presenting oneself as interested in or involved in the arts (also arty) …

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  • 115artsiest — ar·tsy || ɑːtsɪ adj. (Informal) pretentiously artistic, pompously presenting oneself as interested in or involved in the arts (also arty) …

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  • 116artsy — ar·tsy || ɑːtsɪ adj. (Informal) pretentiously artistic, pompously presenting oneself as interested in or involved in the arts (also arty) …

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  • 117braggingly — adv. boastingly, arrogantly, pompously …

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  • 118flatulently — adv. inflatedly, hollowly, bombastically, pompously …

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  • 119importantly — adv. significantly; momentously, consequentially; pompously, arrogantly …

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  • 120pontificate — n. term of office of a pope; office of a bishop pon·tif·i·cate || pÉ‘n tɪfɪkÉ™t /pÉ’n v. serve as Pope; behave pompously, act self righteously …

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