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gasbag
This term carries a strong negative connotation, painting the speaker as someone whose words are as empty and inflated as a balloon. It suggests a lack of substance or sincerity, where the volume of speech is used to mask a lack of actual achievement or intelligence.
Because it is an informal and derogatory label, it is typically used in casual settings or as a sharp critique. It differs from a chatterbox, which implies a harmless or energetic tendency to talk, by emphasizing the arrogance and tediousness of the speaker.
Meanings
Examples
Stop being such a gasbag and just tell us the facts.
The new manager is a total gasbag who spends hours talking about his previous successes.
I cannot believe I have to sit through another lecture from that gasbag.
He is just a gasbag with no real experience to back up his claims.
The captain was known as a gasbag who could talk for hours without saying anything of substance.
Listen to this gasbag go on about his expensive car.
She realized too late that her date was a pretentious gasbag.
The witness turned out to be a gasbag who exaggerated every single detail of the crime.