The word of the day is designed to broaden our grammatical horizons. Nothing is more impressive than casually spouting off 5-syllable masterpieces in mid-sentence – except maybe really big boobs… Anyway, every day I’ll post a new word for you to work into daily conversation so that you can wow friends, dazzle coworkers and confuse blonde girls and frat guys, because learning is fun and knowing is half the battle.
 

March 11, 2005

Braggadocio

Brag"ga-do'ci-o": n. "Vain boasting.

Pretty much everything that comes out of Joe Theismann's mouth can be written off as total braggadocio.

Beat it