blowhard

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blowhard

kerskailija, kerskuri, rehentelijä, öykkäri, pröystäilijä, leuhkija, egotisti, minäkeskinen ihminen, omahyväinen ihminen, egoisti.

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blowhard (englanti > suomi)

1. rehvastelija, suupaltti

blowhard englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.

2. 1861, "http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9806E5DF113FEE34BC4851DFB667838A679FDE Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat," New York Times, 20 Oct., p. 2. (retrieved 24 Aug. 2009):

The merchants are the most ultra Secessionists. . . . Some men of Northern origin were the most rabid. A "blowhard," named James Patterson, of Augusta, Jackson County, was originally from Pennsylvania. He stumped the county and was elected to the Convention, and cast his vote for secession.

3. 1896, w:Robert Barr (writer)|Robert Barr, "The Shadow of the Greenback" in Revenge!:

The loud-mouthed blowhard seemed just the man to flinch when real danger confronted him.

4. 1941, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795568,00.html POLITICAL NOTES: Republican Rift?," Time, 17 Nov.:

Oh, this bellowing, blatant, bellicose, belligerent, bombastic blowhard . . . .

5. 2008, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and Wendy Mazzarella, Reading People, ISBN 9780345504135, http://books.google.ca/books?id=MhSwRVX4wNAC&pg=RA1-PA137&dq=blowhards+subject:%22psychology%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2001&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2009&as_brr=3&client=firefox-av=onepage&q=blowhards%20subject%3A%22psychology%22&f=false p. 137:

In my profession, I have seen more than my share of blowhards who use volume to intimidate the weak, fool the feeble-minded, or control the insecure or lazy.

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