Also spelled vapouring
noun
Meanings
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noun
an instance of boastful talk
Vaporing is unattractive.
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noun
· an instance of boastful talk
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Etymology
From vapor + -ing. Vapor developed figurative senses of insubstantial display or empty talk; vaporing therefore came to mean boastful, grandiose, or blustering speech.