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pompous prolixity

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flatulence collapse: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

big talk collapse

pomposity collapse

featherbedding collapse: the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required

ritualistic collapse: of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing of a sheep"

well-mannered collapse

gaudiness collapse

mouthy collapse

volubility collapse

loquacity collapse

cocksure collapse: marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"

sensationalism collapse: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"; subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes

ostentation collapse: pretentious or showy or vulgar display; lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; a gaudy outward display

convolution collapse: the action of coiling or twisting or winding together

logorrhea collapse: pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking

verbiage collapse: overabundance of words

sacerdotal collapse: of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests"

persuaded collapse

convinced collapse: having a strong belief or conviction; "a convinced and fanatical pacifist"

cumbrous collapse

condescending collapse

supercilious collapse: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

big mouth collapse

pontifical collapse: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

self-assured collapse: showing poise and confidence in your own worth; "hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident"

liturgic collapse

liturgical collapse: of or relating to or in accord with liturgy

pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

flatulent collapse: generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal

gift of gab collapse

sesquipedalian collapse: a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

tumid collapse: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

unafraid collapse

mannered collapse: having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

orotund collapse: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"

Johnsonian collapse

affectation collapse: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

bombastic collapse: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

ceremonious collapse: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

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