• JustAnIdiotPlsIgnore@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      Pretentious - attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

      Yes.

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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        17 hours ago

        You and I have wildly different associations with this construct.

        To me it sounds like silly phrasing. Just another version of “doth protest”