How did it come to be or where did it orginate from. I should explain to your lordship what is meant by crackers. View american english definition of bombastic change your default dictionary to american english. Wikipedia, lexilogos, oxford, cambridge, chambers harrap, wordreference, collins lexibase dictionaries, merriam webster. Its also anything that cracks, like a firecracker or a computer code cracker, or of course, that thin, savory snack that cracks when you break it.
The project gutenberg ebook of a dictionary of slang, cant, and vulgar. When used by black people, cracker can refer to a southern white racist, not necessarily poor or rural. Definition adj ostentatiously lofty in style synonyms. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, including to provide targeted advertising and track usage. Bombastic suggests language with a theatricality or staginess of style far too powerful or declamatory for the meaning or sentiment being expressed. Cracker was a derogatory term applied to these poor farmers from before the american revolution. Feb 09, 2020 bombastic comparative more bombastic, superlative most bombastic of a person, their language or writing showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate.
Grandiose or overpowering expression, as in music or painting. Cracker conveys history of bigotry that still resonates cnn. Meaning of bombastic and a memory aid called mnemonic to retain that meaning for long time in our memory. A cracker is not a slave owner or overseer cracking a whip.
Bombastic adjective definition and synonyms macmillan. Im white but it does not bother me to hear the term. From cambridge english corpus pencil too, he notes, leads to drawings that, with their many revisions, provide a better narrative of the evolution of a design than more bombastic pen drawings. Hard or infrequent words, vulgarly termed crackjaw, or jawbreakers, were.
The definition, example, and related terms listed above have been written and compiled by the slangit team. Hyperbole is a figure of thought and one of the devices used to achieve bombast. You can complete the definition of bombastic phrases given by the english cobuild dictionary with other english dictionaries. Definition of bombastic adjective in oxford advanced learners dictionary. Alternate form of peckerhead, usually used affectionately.
A term in southeastern united states english to describe poor white trash, derived from the scottish meaning of the verb to crack, which, in this sense. Bombast is a stylistic mode, a manner of speaking and writing characterized by turgid and inflated language. Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a racial slur used against white people, used especially against poor rural whites in the southern united states. The elizabethans seem to have understood bombast to be more of an acoustic and an almost renegade quality of language, in contrast to rhetoric. Definition of the slang term cracker with an example. Highsounding but with little meaning inflated, overfilled bombastic. A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words, by a london. What does the racial term cracker mean and how did the term. A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.
Crackers meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Does it target all whites or just a subsection of whites. His bombastic speech was very long and made everybody upset. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. A person or thing that cracks, or that cracks a thing e. Bombastic definition of bombastic by the free dictionary. Bombastic definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Bombastic definition is marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means. Cracker, sometimes white cracker, is a usually disparaging term for poor whites, mainly used in the southern united states, but in recent decades in usage throughout north america. The meaning of the word has changed a lot over the last four.
North american english, slang an offensive word for a poor white person with little education from the southern us informal a person who illegally finds a way of looking at or stealing information on somebody elses computer system topics computers c2. Full text of a dictionary of slang and colloquial english. It is a farmers who raised only cracked products, such as wheat and corn. Cracker definition and meaning collins english dictionary. A term in southeastern united states english to describe poor white trash, derived from the scottish meaning of the verb to crack, which, in this sense denotes ostentation. Extremely good cambridge dictionary cambridge university press.
Crackers definition of crackers by the free dictionary. Cracker is always disparaging and offensive when used to refer to a poor white person in the south. Ive never been called a cracker myself but if i was i would know it was meant as hurtful, insulting and basically. This page explains what the slang term cracker means. Definition of crackerhead the online slang dictionary.
We are constantly updating our database with new slang terms, acronyms, and abbreviations. Bombast definition for englishlanguage learners from. This page may contain terms or definitions that are offensive or inappropriate for some readers. British english, informal something that you think is very good, funny, etc. Somebody calls you out you and your bombastic language. Its also anything that cracks, like a firecracker or a computer code cracker, or of. Bombastic definition in the cambridge english dictionary. From longman dictionary of contemporary english bombastic bom. Bombastic, flowery, pretentious, verbose all describe a use or a user of language more elaborate than is justified by or appropriate to the content being expressed. An awsome word meaning outragiouse, and meaningless speech this word is often used between ty and anne when quoting the infamouse billie joe armstrong, aka god. And just before the interval, kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a city shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner.
What does the racial term cracker mean and how did the. If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress. Bombast, bad rhetoric, sound without sense, bom bastic ranting. Jul 01, 20 with a single phrase, rachel jeantel, that friend of trayvon martins, may have lit a fuse in the trial of his accused killer. Definition of bombast written for english language learners from the merriamwebster learners dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and countnoncount noun labels. A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words after wards entitled the slang. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary. Search bombastic and thousands of other words in english definition and synonym dictionary from reverso. One theory is that it refers to the cracked corn that was a major part of the diet of poor southern whites. When youre trying to use big words because youre actually smart or just wanting to impress your classmate. The bombastic man paid no attention to the advice of the secretary, believing that he was above her.
It is sometimes used in a neutral context in reference to a native of florida or georgia see florida cracker and georgia cracker. Synonyms for bombastic at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Search bombastic phrases and thousands of other words in english cobuild dictionary from reverso. If you would like to suggest a term or an update to an existing one. This lexicon covers much of cracker slang which is often called leetspeak.
All the way back to the age of shakespeare, at least. You can complete the definition of bombastic given by the english definition dictionary with other english dictionaries. But it turns out cracker s roots go back even further than the 17th century. One theory holds that the term comes from the common diet of poor whites.
Meaning given to bombastic language, characterized by bombast is from 1727. Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a racist slur against white people, used especially against poor rural whites in the southern united states. Definition and synonyms of bombastic from the online english dictionary from macmillan education this is the british english definition of bombastic. With a single phrase, rachel jeantel, that friend of trayvon martins, may have lit a fuse in the trial of his accused killer. Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a racial slur used against white people, used.
Another theory is that the term refers to whips that crackers used to drive slaves or cattle. Top synonyms for bombastic other words for bombastic are inflated, pompous and grandiloquent. Jul, 2010 im pretty sure cracker is an anti white racial slur right. A dry, thin, crispy baked bread usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers. Bombastic definition of bombastic by merriamwebster. Rhymes with bombastic merriamwebster rhyming dictionary. North american english, slang an offensive word for a poor white person with little education from the southern us informal a person who illegally finds a way of looking at or stealing information on somebody elses computer system. Hed written about the etymology of some antiwhite slurs. Cracker slang article about cracker slang by the free. A cracker is a thin, crisp biscuit which is often eaten with cheese. Slang is very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language random house unabridged dictionary learn 600 slang expressions an idiom is.
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