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n. - Speaking of yourself in superlatives.

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  • He also bankrolled Tennessee’s popular annual music festival, Bonnaroo, and cofounded ATO Records, a label boasting My Morning Jacket, David Gray, and Liz Phair.
  • I apologized if I missed the humor in boasting about being unemployed and taking psych courses.
  • We are directed to avoid vain boasting, and to look upon it not only as a weak, but a very evil thing.
  • Or consider renting one for the day at any sporting-good store (watch for signs boasting "fiets," the Dutch word for bike).
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