For that reason, the kids called him Eber Blowhard, or just "Blow" for short.

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Whenever some blowhard starts talking about the anonymity of the suburbs, or the mindlessness of the TV generation.

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Vladimir Putin has become known as something of an anti-American and anti-Western blowhard.

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It requires a sense of entitlement, the ability to network and self-promote without seeing yourself as an arrogant, schmoozing blowhard.

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And this morning, when I received a video in my inbox of Stephen Colbert, testifying before a House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration in full conservative blowhard costume, the uneasiness settled right back in.

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There's always the blowhard at the Oscars party rolling his eyes, delivering a dull indictment of celebrity culture and yammering on about not having seen any of the films (all while hogging the artichoke dip).

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