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  1. 04-10-2011, 05:09 AM #1
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    What do you call somebody who thinks that they know everything?

    Somebody who thinks they know better then you, somebody who feels the need to always have the last say and win the argument. Whats the correct term for a person like this?

    Pretentious or something?
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  2. 04-10-2011, 05:28 AM #2
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    Pretentious, vainglorious, snobby, pompous, magniloquent, know-it-all... the thesaurus is a good place to start, though you should know the definitions before you start plugging away. Else the meaning might be slightly off.
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    I wouldn't even know how to apply a single one of those words in a sentence.!
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    The dictionary studied the thesaurus' openly, not even bothering to conceal its vainglorious air of intellectual superiority.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Pretentious, vainglorious, snobby, pompous, magniloquent, know-it-all... the thesaurus is a good place to start, though you should know the definitions before you start plugging away. Else the meaning might be slightly off.
    Well, Mike pretty much summed it up for the OP.
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    The Backward Ox?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Like a Fox View Post
    The Backward Ox?
    You beat me to it.
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    I saw him loitering. Thought I better get in before he said something predictable, like 'a woman'.
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    Actually, I was going to say 'querty' two hours ago but my breeding stopped me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Like a Fox View Post
    The Backward Ox?
    You don't stop playing because you're getting old; you get old because you stop playing.
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    Pretentious, vainglorious, snobby, pompous, magniloquent, know-it-all...
    Eh, I could describe someone else that way.

    To the op. What about just using "pompous know it all"? It uses normal vocabulary and covers all the angles of what you're trying to describe.
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    I have been called didactic at times.
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    You call them knowledgeable if you can't meet them in knowledge. And you change the discussion to a topic in which you have the mastery.

    If you don't have the mastery of anything then it may be difficult.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Olly Buckle View Post
    I have been called didactic at times.
    And here was me thinking that indicated how many toes one had.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Candra H View Post
    Eh, I could describe someone else that way.
    Naughty.
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