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In natural English speech, "pompous" appears in contexts such as: "supporting. Well, we're not we're not an anything supporting newspaper. We just do stories that we think are worth doing. So, I guess without being too pompous, it it I just find it quite funny. This idea that it's also old stuff being dredged up, well, that's just I guess just not correct by definition. My editors don't let me put things in the paper that are already known to the public. So, that's that. >> That's the annoying thing about editors.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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supporting. Well, we're not we're not an anything supporting newspaper. We just do stories that we think are worth doing. So, I guess without being too

pompous, it it I just find it quite funny. This idea that it's also old stuff being dredged up, well, that's just I guess just not correct by

definition. My editors don't let me put things in the paper that are already known to the public. So, that's that. >> That's the annoying thing about editors.

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adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

“But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature.”

Synonyms:conceited smug important highfalutin

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