TSP082 - Digging Words: BRAGGADOCIO - Bigger, yet often smaller, than life.

The Sill

Feb 04, 2019•28 min

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Episode description

First used in 1590, the word ‘Braggadocio’ has come to represent the epitome of human vanity. Our history and our modern world is replete with examples of this rarely used and archaic word.

Duration: 27:29

VoxBox: Audio segments from YouTube - Muhammad Ali clips, The Braggarts Dilemma & Donald Trump clips.

Music Credit: Carly Simon - You’re So Vain

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