Word: blowhard
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...things, called me over the weekend. "I just got a new Palm IIIe," he bragged, referring to the popular pocket-size digital organizer. He was particularly pleased with the price ($229). I waited, for cruel effect, then asked, "Is it too late to return it?" I am such a blowhard...
Although he is known as a self-absorbed dictator, Giuliani would be only an average blowhard in the Capitol, so I find him more charming than his press clippings. He speaks without a text, makes his own calls, never goes off the record. We stop for lunch, and he puts a $20 bill on the counter, and so do I--one of those postmodern-ethics moments when neither of us can accept the other's hospitality. He gives me half of his deep-dish pizza, having made the better choice. Sure, he's pleased with himself. But unlike...
NAME: Rush Limbaugh OCCUPATION: Radio talk-show blowhard BEST PUNCH: Read listener's e-mail on air that expressed the hope that Charles Grodin, Alan Dershowitz and Geraldo Rivera would have "simultaneous strokes" leaving them "without the gift of speech...
NAME: Charles Grodin OCCUPATION: TV talk-show blowhard BEST PUNCH: Claimed that by reading the e-mail on his show, Limbaugh was promoting "hate, anger and adversarial feelings." Added that talk radio is a "destructive element" in our culture...
...intelligence, Parade is a somber show that falls uncomfortably between the stools of history and art. The facts are treated respectfully enough to make the digressions into cliche annoying. To bolster Frank's status as a victim, for example, his lawyer is portrayed as a clueless Southern blowhard whose legal strategy consists mainly of keeping Frank from testifying and having him make an impromptu statement to the jury instead. In reality, according to Steve Oney, author of a history of the case to be published next year, Frank was represented by two of the most respected members of Atlanta...