Word: braggadocio
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After World War I, Picasso would depend wholly on himself and his feelings. The corollary was that Picasso gave feeling itself an extraordinary, self-regarding intensity, so that the most vivid images of braggadocio and rage, castration fear and sexual appetite in modern art still belong to the Spaniard. This frankness-allied with Picasso's power of metamorphosis, which linked every image together in a ravenous, animistic vitality-is without parallel among other artists...
...words echo Ali's youthful braggadocio; the prediction seems merely reasonable. Lewis, who turns 22 this week, possesses powers far from their peak. But he may already be the premier track and field athlete of his generation-the modern equivalent of his idol, Jesse Owens. Last year Lewis jumped nearly 30 ft., but fouled by an undetectable whisker. Meanwhile, track watchers are already muttering about...
...members of the British task force, on the other hand, were elated, perhaps overly so. In a slightly misguided effort to increase the psychological pressure on the Argentines, task-force Commander Woodward indulged in some very un-British braggadocio following the assault. "South Georgia was the appetizer," the rear admiral told British journalists aboard his flagship Hermes. "Now the heavy punch is coming behind. This is the run-up to the big match, which, in my view, should be a walkover." Advised Woodward to the remaining Argentine troops in the Falklands: "If you want to get out, I suggest...
...father had learned in World War I that peace was the noblest goal. Brezhnev agreed. He wanted to dedicate his tenure to making war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union unthinkable. Brezhnev reminisced about the human impact of World War II. He spoke gently, with none of the braggadocio so evident a few moments earlier...
Bleats of unchecked egoism are now so commonplace that self-glorification may be well on the way to becoming standard American style. Yet such an epidemic of flagrant braggadocio would have scandalized the country not long ago. Most Americans have always felt, as many still feel, dutybound to sniff at the ostentatious chest thumper and look down on all public boasting. Brazen self-admiration has never been considered criminal, nor necessarily degenerate, but it has always been judged tacky - poor form, at best. Good form has always required reticence about one's virtues. To think well of oneself...