Word: bravado
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...military action, Aziz exhibited the bravado of the doomed: "It makes no difference to Iraq's leadership if another wave of missiles falls on Baghdad, because nothing can be worse than what we are going through at present...
...predominant example of an unhealthy attitude toward drinking occurs with students in final clubs--comparable to the M.I.T. students who join or visit fraternities. The spirit of irresponsible excess and macho bravado that seems flow through these clubs and societies promotes a culture competition in which the ability to down shots, guzzle beer and do keg stands is a proper measure of one's abilities...
...sort of young man in possession of a facility with the opposite sex. However, in the desolate housing projects of Brooklyn's Crown Heights section and the depressed pockets of rural Chautauqua County in western New York, the crack dealer collected female admirers with displays of bravado, promises of jewelry, a willingness to steal a coat if a girl found herself too cold. "It don't take much, you know. These girls don't have much," explains Lakeesha Moore, a former New York City neighbor of Williams'. "He had money, and he'd buy them things, take them out sometimes...
Phenomenon recaptures the formula that has made him so durable--a sharp, effervescent mixture of bouncing party anthems, street-corner bravado, bawdy tale telling and, not least, smooth romantic ballads. Rap, often misogynistic, generally has little use for romance, but LL found a way to make it work, and it became his signature. In fact, his initials actually stand for Ladies Love Cool James. Although he'll probably always be remembered for high-decibel party hits like 1985's I Can't Live Without My Radio, three of his biggest smashes--I Need Love (1987), Around the Way Girl...
Smoking is a theme that lang uses throughout her new album, Drag, to explore sex and love in a variety of contexts, including possessiveness, as in "Don't Smoke in Bed," and macho bravado, as in Steve Miller's "The Joker." In fact, if neither of these songs had audience members lusting for their Parliaments, perhaps any one of the other 10 covers on Drag, including "Smoke Dreams," "Love is Like a Cigarette," and "My Old Addiction," did the trick...