highfalutin

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7 mentions 1 recordings first heard Aug 2026 last heard 2 Aug ↑7 vs the 6 months before

Pretentious-sounding adjective describing lofty or affected language

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UnknownMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · highfalutin · 1:51 · 2 Aug
…Highfalutin has remained a staple of down-home American speech ever since.…
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UnknownMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · highfalutin · 1:16 · 2 Aug
…Highfalutin first appeared as American slang in the early 1800s, and like many slang terms, it has had a lot of different spellings, including highfaluting.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · highfalutin · 0:54 · 2 Aug
…Highfalutin has a fine purpose, to describe pretentious people or language without making the person using it sound, well, pretentious.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · highfalutin · 0:34 · 2 Aug
…Standing 787 feet tall, the tower was one of the……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · highfalutin · 0:23 · 2 Aug
…Someone or something described as highfalutin seems or is trying……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · highfalutin · 0:21 · 2 Aug
…Highfalutin is an adjective.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · highfalutin · 0:12 · 2 Aug
…Today's word is highfalutin, spelled as one word, H-I-G-H-F-A-L-U-T-I-N.…
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