vaporing

/ˈveɪpərɪŋ/
noun
  1. The act of talking in a boastful or exaggerated way; empty or pretentious speech.
    • Stop your vaporing and tell us what you actually did.
    • The politician's vaporing annoyed the audience, who wanted real answers.
    • His speech was full of vaporing about his achievements, but he had little to show.
adjective
  1. Talking in a boastful or exaggerated manner; given to empty boasting.
    • The vaporing salesman promised results he could never deliver.
    • The vaporing comments in the meeting wasted everyone's time.
    • She found his vaporing attitude tiresome after a while.
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