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- noun Plural form of
pontificate .
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He who pontificates is not he who is serious and a proper apprehension of the world seeks a balance through humour and proportion, not self aggrandising portentous drivel.
Archive 2008-01-01 Newmania 2008
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He who pontificates is not he who is serious and a proper apprehension of the world seeks a balance through humour and proportion, not self aggrandising portentous drivel.
Dirty Paddick Newmania 2008
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He who pontificates is not he who is serious and a proper apprehension of the world seeks a balance through humour and proportion, not self aggrandising portentous drivel.
Archive 2007-12-30 Newmania 2007
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Let’s not forget Dr. Howard Dean, who smugly pontificates from a state with a black population of 0.5%.
Yes, the President of the Valley Swim Club is a John G Duesler, Jr. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Perhaps it is because he is not doing anything. .once again he pontificates but wants others to do the work so he can blame them when things go South. .he used his fear ploitics for the worthless stimulus package and now he is in trouble for it.
CNN Poll: President's approval on health care under 50 percent 2009
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Similarly, when the young Obama pontificates about “angry young men,” he places them “in Soweto or Detroit or the Mekong Delta.”
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Poor Prince Charles preaches and pontificates about harmony and simplicity, then ties himself in masochistic bondage knots of inconsistency by spending £100k on a biofuelled train tour to promote cycling.
Hypocrisy of champagne environmentalists is deceitful and distracting | Ed Gillespie 2011
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He has acted as a true leader and manager -- not someone who just pontificates.
My endorsement: A businessman for O'Malley washingtonpost.com editors 2010
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The GOP is the same party that demonizes homosexuals, pontificates on religious/conservative values; and is filled with folks that touch themselves and work on 3rd/4th wife/mistress (e.g. Newt Gingrich)!
Obama gives pep talk to Senate Democrats on health care 2009
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Thus, whenever he addresses a mass meeting in Constitution Square, appears on a TV panel or pontificates from a newspaper, he refers to knowledge that goes over the audience's heads.
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