blowhard

"The government, especially with this very complex indictment, has opened it up for what I call the blowhard defense: 'He's all words, no action, and how has he benefited in any way?'" says Douglas Godfrey, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and a former criminal defense lawyer.

Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

This blowhard is what is wrong with america today.

McConnell: Health care bill a 'legislative train wreck' 2009

How those occur in similar contexts to blowhard is opaque to me.

2010 August « Motivated Grammar 2010

This loud mouth blowhard is dumber that a golf bag stuffed full with putters and sand wedges. pusmytits,

Think Progress » Bolton: Either Iran Gets Nukes Or ‘Israel Or Somebody Else Uses Military Force To Stop It’ 2010

How those occur in similar contexts to blowhard is opaque to me.

Review: Wordnik’s Thesaurus « Motivated Grammar 2010

“That bloviating, bully of a blowhard is so ignorant … ..”

Think Progress » O’Reilly Responds: “What I Said Isn’t Controversial. What I Said Needed to Be Said.” 2005

The word blowhard has appeared in 15 Times articles over the past year, most recently in

No Fact Zone 2009

That bloviating, bully of a blowhard is so ignorant he can’t see that he is guilty in the highest degree of what he charges his enemies.

Think Progress » O’Reilly Responds: “What I Said Isn’t Controversial. What I Said Needed to Be Said.” 2005

However my 181 post was calling a blowhard a blowhard …. could you have meant 180 and 182 instead?

Think Progress » VIDEO: Powell Says U.S. Went Into Iraq Without Enough Troops 2006

This is what makes me merely arrogant; otherwise, I'd be a total blowhard, which is an entirely different thing.

Things I Do Not Talk About Because I Do Not Understand Them 2005