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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1587/
- Published: 2024-06-03T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-29T18:23:01.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

braggadocio (noun):

1a: empty boasting  
b: arrogant pretension : cockiness  
2: braggart

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/braggadocio?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Though Braggadocio is not as well-known as other fictional characters like Pollyanna, the Grinch, or Scrooge, in lexicography he holds a special place next to them as one of the many characters whose name has become an established word in English. The English poet Edmund Spenser originally created Braggadocio as a personification of boasting in his epic poem The Faerie Queene. As early as 1594, about four years after the poem was published, English speakers began using the name as a general term for any blustering blowhard. The now more common use of braggadocio, referring to the talk or behavior of such windy cockalorums, developed in the early 18th century.

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