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showoff

NOUN
person who brags about him- or herself
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Probably the best-known catkin showoff — beloved by bees, gardeners and flower arrangers — is the Japanese pink pussy willow Mt.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

“He thought he was doing his job. He wasn’t a showoff in that respect and wasn’t searching for hero worship.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2021

FaceTiming with friends and family doesn’t work; she runs around in full showoff mode and can’t really interact via a screen that well.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2020

He dug beyond the oppressive ego of Tchaikovsky, beyond indulgent melodrama, beyond the showoff insecurities.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

She'd think I was a showoff and that I wasn’t respectful, and that I was precocious.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English



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