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[brasscandy]

OED

Pretentious: Characterized by, or full of, pretension; professing or making claim to great merit or importance, esp. when unwarranted; making an exaggerated outward show; showy, ostentatious.

Pretension: The unwarranted assumption of a quality, esp. of merit or dignity; pretentiousness, ostentation.

Comments

[pinkhypnosis]

omglolzzzz, no, people are pretentious when they actually, like, do that thinking thing. It's so, like, arrogant to use your brain.

If this is in part in response to what I wrote...

[pendragoness]

I suppose I have been overusing that word lately. However, I had heard from certain individuals that my livejournal and the way I present myself is very showy--as if I am trying to impress others (which, for the record, I am not, at least not conciously).

[aria_muse]

good call