H_KARLUK Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Are there a single word in English explains "exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner" ? Any good reason to be so ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Try "George Bush". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 No doubt you have your reasons for asking a question to which you already know the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 No doubt you have your reasons for asking a question to which you already know the answer. oooooooo, BURN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 No doubt you have your reasons for asking a question to which you already know the answer. oooooooo, BURN! Nooooo I'm blocked at work, what is it what is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Josh, it's brag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 No doubt you have your reasons for asking a question to which you already know the answer. oooooooo, BURN! Nooooo I'm blocked at work, what is it what is it.Sorry, not very exciting - I just put the words in quotes into google and it came back with a bunch of stuff including some dictionary definitions for arrogant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_KARLUK Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Okay , with "Any good reason to be so" question I meant are there ever any reasons to be "arrogant" ? Well....to me not unless you want to make other people feel inferior. Arrogance is generally seen as a negative trait. And not conducive to good relationships among people. So it depends on your objectives. If you want to alienate people and put them down, then be arrogant. If someone acts in an arrogant manner they may be trying to cover up insecurity. Perhaps they like to hear their own ideas, lol ps. "smart aleck" is USA slang for someone who tries to act smart in an annoying way ? Who can blame a little bit jealous people ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy4hoop Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Bragodocious? Egomaniacal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 "Arrogant" led me to "proud" which led me to "pride" which seems to have two diametrically opposed meanings: "inordinate self-esteem" and "a reasonable or justifiable self-respect". (There are other, somewhat out of context, meanings). I suppose you can take your pick. IME, most people equate "arrogant" with the first meaning of "pride", with as well an element of "arrogance is bad". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_KARLUK Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 "Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. [Proverbs 16:18]" "Only by pride comes contention; but, with the well-advised is wisdom. [Proverbs 13:10]" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onoway Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 malignant narcissism? that's two, ..the first is just to clarify the degree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hubris. Overweaning pride. G(H)WB, Hitler and all the other nazis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Are there a single word in English explains "exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner" ? Foo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 He's looking for an adjective. Try "foosome", "GWB-like", "hubrizzy", "braggish", "malignantly narcissistic". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintaro Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 :P The term 'World Class Expert' :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 :P The term 'World Class Expert' :unsure: Oxymoron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Are there a single word in English explains "exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner" ? Any good reason to be so ? Main Entry: pompous Part of Speech: adjective Definition: Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance Synonyms: affected, aloof, arrogant, august, bloated, bombastic, bumptious, canting, condescending, consequential, disdainful, egotistic, fatuous, flaunting, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, grandiose seebombastic, haughty, highfaluting, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imposing, insolent, la-di-da, large, lofty, magisterial, officious, orotund, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, pious, pontifical, portentous, preachy, pretentious, proud, puffy, pushy, rubescent, sanctimonious, self-important, sententious, smug, sniffy, snobbish, snooty, snotty, stately, stilted, strutting, stuck-up, supercilious, swaggering, theatrical, tumid, turgid, uppish, uppity, vain, vainglorious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Are there a single word in English explains "exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner" ? Check the Bridge Encyclopedia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Are there a single word in English explains "exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner" ? Asshole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I think Bid_em_up nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 The second question is curious -- any reason to be so? Sure. Wildly overstating one's worth, and being overbearing at it, can gain advantage in some settings. If the associated cost is outweighed by the benefit, then arrogance well played may have a net gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_KARLUK Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thanks Ken, but I asked "Any good reason to be so ? " :D Sorry no offense please, seems you skipped. Anyway, I considered your post as another highly informative. A few days passed of your bithday but I'm happy you are really great as usual ;) Btw, I also want to thank Oscar Wilde. Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900 for quoted "The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.” Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoAnneM Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Blowhard, pointy-haired, short syndrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thanks Ken, but I asked "Any good reason to be so ? " :) Sorry no offense please, seems you skipped. Anyway, I considered your post as another highly informative. A few days passed of your bithday but I'm happy you are really great as usual :) Btw, I also want to thank Oscar Wilde. Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900 for quoted "The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.” Nice. Well, if simply personal utilitarianism was implied, I did not mean that. To "purify" the comment, assume that the net gain over cost to realized by the downtrodden, or by a charity, or by puppies. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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