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Howard B. (United States of America)
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  1. magniloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  2. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  3. prognosticator
    someone who makes predictions of the future
  4. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  5. anachronous
    chronologically misplaced
  6. pseudonymous
    bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
  7. quintessence
    the most typical example or representative of a type
  8. kaleidoscopical
    continually shifting or rapidly changing
  9. confabulation
    a discussion or informal conversation
  10. immoderate
    beyond reasonable limits
  11. flibbertigibbet
    a foolish, flighty, and overly talkative person
  12. phantasmagoria
    a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images
  13. prognosticator
    someone who makes predictions of the future
  14. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  15. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  16. demagoguery
    political rhetoric appealing to popular prejudice or emotion
  17. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  18. tatterdemalion
    a dirty shabbily clothed person
  19. discombobulate
    cause to be confused emotionally
  20. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
Created on Thu Jan 08 06:46:13 EST 2009 (updated Sun Jul 24 20:44:54 EDT 2011)

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