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  1. No Worries

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    Main Entry: hu·bris
    Pronunciation: \ˈhyü-brəs\
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Greek hybris
    Date: 1884
    : exaggerated pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
     
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    Sandal?
    Headstrong?
     
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    Not this. The closest someone has come was charlatan - one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability : fraud, faker.

    However, the word I'm looking for means not necessarily an intentional show of knowledge; just the impression that you are knowledgable but infact misinformed.
     
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    ^After you posted this, I thought :mad: : "How in the F are we supposed to know what meaning the word has, while trusting that you are giving us what it's supposed to be? It's... ummm... shoot... what's that word...? Damn... I can't think of it right now... :( "
     
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    Main Entry: pe·dan·tic
    Pronunciation: \pi-ˈdan-tik\
    Function: adjective
    Date: circa 1600
    1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant
    2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
    3 : unimaginative, pedestrian
     
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    MichaelScott-ish
     
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    If this helps, I think the context was, someone was describing their waiter speaking about wine.
     
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    Presumptuous?
     
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    Braggadocio?
     
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    jellafied?
     
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    Ostensive?

    Is it a long word?
     
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