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Braggadocio (2018 words)
	This isn't technological bravura, it is just technological braggadocio, showing off a capability that really doesn't mean anything to most people.
	This is one case &emdash; an exception, to be sure &emdash; where the Apple designers blew it.
	The distinction between bravura and braggadocio is impossible to delineate with precision, but a good designer knows the difference in his bones.

Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/braggadocio (73 words)
	David was charming, offsetting his usual braggadocio with vulnerability.
	She came storming out of east Texas like a whirlwind, a raw-boned tomboy with more than enough braggadocio to go with her matchless athleticism, commanding Olympian headlines in 1932 and holding the spotlight as the world's greatest female golfer for 25 years.
	Braggadocio is from Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's

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