Word: pompousity
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...raises a cloud of dust on a perfectly clean street and passes out gumdrops that are invariably black. Mop-haired Schroeder is always banging out Beethoven on the piano or gazing soulfully at a bust of the master ("I picked Beethoven," says Schulz, "because he is sort of pompous and grandiose. I like Brahms better"). Lucy is in love with Schroeder, but he is too busy with Beethoven to care. She gets revenge. She invites Schroeder to play at a "dinner party," and Schroeder finds himself serenading Snoopy over a bowl of dog food...
Certainly it was conceived in a spirit of playfulness, by boys, who wished to liven up a slushy reading period and a pompous election. They planned it to be a circus from the start, and hence the silly picture in the Crimson, the "Hi" instead of serious qualifications, the nota bene, fans, tongue in check editorial, written by one of my heartiest supporters. And this group of people never intended me to "win" in any effective sense, some because they weren't interested in a political fight, others because they felt that radcliffe's independent status, independent Class Marshals...
...HCUA officials have totally bumbled what should have been a simple election procedure. Adding that administration confusion to their high-handed treatment of Eisenman and to their pompous and arbitrary handling of the questions raised by Faye Levine's candidacy, one can only wonder if the HCUA is capable of doing anything...
...Your cover story on Buddhism was at times hasty, flip, sarcastic, snide, sniping, pompous, preachy, and in bad taste...
Using these devices, Lennon mocks pompous politicians, eager brides, mawkish dog-lovers, anything. His sick humor is oten biting and percep- tive, and his rampant word juggling is clever...