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Usenet Posted 16 years ago
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One who takes himself seriopusly

Hi,
What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? Are there other such words?
Thanks.
Tom
  

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[nq:1]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? [/nq] "Party Pooper" would fit, methinks ! The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary) Save our precious CO2 - plant many trees

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  • [nq:1]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously?
  • [/nq] "Party Pooper" would fit, methinks !
  • The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary) Save our precious CO2 - plant many trees
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[nq:1]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? Are there other such words?[/nq]
"Party Pooper" would fit, methinks !

The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary)
Save our precious CO2 - plant many trees
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I should have added, "..and also feels more important than he actually is".
Tom
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[nq:2]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? Are there other such words? Thanks. Tom[/nq]
Egoist/egotist
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[nq:1]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? Are there other such words?[/nq]
Pompous ***, Pompous twit. Self-important, or arrogant (***, twit, whatever).
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[nq:1]Egoist/egotist[/nq]
Not a close connotation.
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[nq:1]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? Are there other such words?[/nq]
Sententious?

Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]On 04 Feb 2010, Tom wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? Are there other such words?[/nq]
[nq:1]Sententious?[/nq]
Nice word. Thanks

Work is the curse of the drinking class.
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[nq:1]What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously?[/nq]
I'm still trying to get my mind around "seriopusly". It sounds like one of those "words that isn't a word but should be".

Would the stress be on the syllable with the "o" or the one with the "u" I wonder?
;-)
=20
Bob
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[nq:1]What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? I'm still trying to get my mind around "seriopusly". ... should be". Would the stress be on the syllable with the "o" or the one with the "u" I wonder?;-)[/nq]
Bob
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Personally I prefer the stress to be placed on the "op". Now
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[nq:1]On 04 Feb 2010, Tom wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Hi, What's the word that describes a person who takes himself seriously? Are there other such words?[/nq]
[nq:1]Sententious? Cheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed[/nq]
A sententious person is one who is given to pompous moralising - not quite the person I have in mind.
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