The English Oracle

Is there a single word for "one who speaks/boasts a lot about everything"?

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00:00 Is There A Single Word For &Quot;One Who Speaks/Boasts A Lot About Everything&Quot;?
00:38 Answer 1 Score 43
01:04 Answer 2 Score 7
01:19 Answer 3 Score 11
01:30 Accepted Answer Score 25
01:42 Thank you

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ANSWER 1

Score 43


Some choices:

  • know-it-all

    A person who behaves as if they know everything

  • braggart

    A person who boasts about their achievements or possessions

  • blow-hard

    A boastful or pompous person

(Definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online)




ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 25


I think you may want pretentious.

Not a single word, but my favourite expression for this sort of person is all hat and no cattle.




ANSWER 3

Score 11


Egotistical, perhaps. It has the right connotations of conceit and excessive boasting.




ANSWER 4

Score 7


If you are willing to use popular culture, you can call him Topper after the character of that name in the popular comic strip Dilbert. Here is a link showing some strips featuring him.