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gasbag

[gas-bag] / ˈgæsˌbæg /




NOUN
hot-air balloon
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Well, shoot, I’m proud to be a gasbag and, as we parade into the darkness having changed the American sports media landscape forever, at least I can finally say unequivocally, “It’s …”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

As Simpson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., captures the football star’s gasbag egotism but falls short of the regal charisma that drew people to him.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016

Over the past 20 years, I have worked on and off as a writer, a regular guest on Classic Sports Reporters, and a recurring consultant and on-air gasbag for SportsCentury and other shows.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2011

It’s cited out of context all the time as a pearl of genuine wisdom, but in the playing it’s traditionally rendered as just one of the many aphorisms spouted by an old gasbag.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010

The buoyancy of the gasbag was too great, and the men, haul as they might, couldn’t hold it back.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman