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peacock(noun, person, fake, need, attention)
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poseur(noun, person, fake, need, attention)
17
vulgarian(noun, person, ignorance, meanness, nothingness)
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mushroom(noun, person, meanness, nothingness)
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boaster(noun, ignorance, meanness, showoff)
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braggart(noun, ignorance, meanness, showoff)
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showoff(noun, person, need, attention)
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pseud(noun, fake, bluster, tigerism)
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swaggerer(noun, person, need, attention, ignorance)
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fancy pants(expression, person, attention, nothingness)
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wise guy(expression, ignorance, meanness, overconfidence)
10
all hat no cattle(expression, idiom, person, need, attention)
10
beggar on horseback(expression, person, meanness, nothingness)
10
clever dick(expression, person, need, attention)
10
ignorant upstart(expression, desire, insult, attention)
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smarty pants(expression, person, meanness, nothingness)
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upstart(noun, person, meanness, nothingness)
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in borrowed plumes(expression, idiom, person, fake, nothingness)
9
snob(noun, person, meanness, nothingness)
8
arriviste(noun, person, meanness, nothingness)
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