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Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 9, 2011fanfaronade \fan-fair-uh-NAYD; -NOD\, noun: 1. Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display. George Manahan made his debut this week as music director of New York City Opera, and it is difficult to imagine someone laying claim to a major podium with less of a fanfaronade. But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem slightly lost amid the fanfaronade. Fanfaronade derives from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón, "braggart," from Arabic farfar, "garrulous." | |||||||||
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