Word: pompously
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...pompous voice] It is a victory not just for me or my publisher, Dutton, but for satirists everywhere. I'd like to thank my attorneys, and also those who represented Fox for filing one of the stupidest briefs I've ever seen. This is the most important First Amendment decision this week...
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK-ARTS TEACHER: Gilderoy Lockhart, a pompous, preening, headline-hogging, egotistical idiot...
...read these guys, I can see past the immediate context of their stories and appreciate their unique styles. Writing so often for The Crimson (in addition to editing countless stories) has helped me refine my own writing voice and cast a style which, though admittedly a tad too pompous and over-the-top (I have a propensity for big words, sadly), hopefully entertains and educates nonetheless. Looking back on my four years, I can safely say that The Crimson and not Expository Writing or any other academic class has been my greatest source of education in the art of writing...
Meanwhile, pompous Widener and gray MIT—and the brains they attracted—had come to dominate the white-collar, high-tech industries that filled Cambridge...
...forms of mid-century pop music, the one that has resisted revival most devoutly is folk. Easy to see why: the music was both cheery and pompous, cleaner than Harriet Nelson's kitchen and nearly as white as the 1963 Masters tournament. In many middle-aged minds, the old folkies linger as a vague adolescent embarrassment--the musical equivalent of sophomore zits...