Word of the Day: Gasconade

Gasconade (noun, verb) – Extravagant boasting; boastful talk; To boast extravagantly; bluster.

Origin

Gascons (people from Gascony) reputedly boast and exaggerate their success.

Quotes

The British officers laugh, because they are well armed and many, and Kemal’s men are pitifully few, but they enjoy and admire Kemal’s swashbuckling gasconade , and they let his party pass.
— Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings



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