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jbauer @jbauer@merveilles.town
3y
What's a good word that means someone who talks confidently about a topic but knows absolutely nothing about it (or just enough to be dangerous but not competent)?
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aetios who is back in europe @aetios@sns.minovsky.space
3y
@jbauer idiot
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jbauer @jbauer@merveilles.town
3y
@aetios Yes but less crass would be good :P
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aetios who is back in europe @aetios@sns.minovsky.space
3y
@jbauer i see 'know-it-all' or 'blowhard' suggested, but those don't cover the meaning entirely
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jbauer @jbauer@merveilles.town
3y
@aetios Yeah... all my searching has turned up kind of weak words.

"Pundit" might be good, but it does actually mean someone who is (ostensibly) an expert in a given field. It has been used to describe someone like that who then talks confidently about things that are only slightly related that they might not really have a clue about, but idk if that's a common meaning.
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aetios who is back in europe @aetios@sns.minovsky.space
3y
@jbauer sufferer of dunning-kruger
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
3y
@aetios @jbauer we tend to use "dzban" which translates to "bell" but it doesn't really have the same pinch in English tbh
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
3y
@aetios @jbauer or, bell? no, that's dzwon you dumbass, dzban is a jug
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