Gasconader

Smyth, an empty gasconader, was regarded, even by his own troops, with contempt, and had to fly from the camp to escape their indignation. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

They attributed the success of the Gascon poet to the liveliness of the southerners, who were excited by the merest trifles; and they suspected that Jasmin, instead of being a poet, was but a clever gasconader, differing only from the rest of his class by speaking in verse instead of prose. ❋ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 (1891)

Patting her on the head, he replied, "Then I am a gasconader, am I?" ❋ Unknown (1845)

I just [broke up] with my girlfriend because [she hit] me with a fat [gasconade]. ❋ Poopoomanboy (2022)

We may also have figured out, or most of us may have, that the [bluster] and gasconade of the fear-mongers haven’t really done us [much good]. The president was impressed by Hooker’s achievements but [disturbed] by his gasconade. ❋ Kustkrute (2021)