Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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fanfaronade \fan-fair-uh-NAYD; -NOD\, noun:
fanfaronade \fan-fair-uh-NAYD; -NOD\, noun:
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1. Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display.
1. Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display.
2. Fanfare.
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The B.O. is a fanfaronade, filled full of grandiloquence and gasconade!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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George Manahan made his debut this week as music director of New York City Opera, and it is difficult to imagine someone laying claim to a major podium with less of a fanfaronade.-- Justin Davidson, "A Director's Toil Pays Some Dividends", Newsday, September 21, 1996
George Manahan made his debut this week as music director of New York City Opera, and it is difficult to imagine someone laying claim to a major podium with less of a fanfaronade.-- Justin Davidson, "A Director's Toil Pays Some Dividends", Newsday, September 21, 1996
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But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem slightly lost amid the fanfaronade.-- Richard Stengel, "Rockets will glare and bands blare to celebrate the statue", Time, July 7, 1986
But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem slightly lost amid the fanfaronade.-- Richard Stengel, "Rockets will glare and bands blare to celebrate the statue", Time, July 7, 1986
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Fanfaronade derives from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón, "braggart," from Arabic farfar, "garrulous."
Fanfaronade derives from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón, "braggart," from Arabic farfar, "garrulous."
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