by Ed Pettibone » Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:16 am
Ed:Sandy I don't see how any one who has heard Patterson more than once can dispute Jerry-B's description of him as a pompous blowhard.
Define Blowhard; at Dictionary.com
Blowhard definition, an exceptionally boastful and talkative person
pomp·ous
ˈpämpəs/
adjective
adjective: pompous
1.
affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.
"a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything"
synonyms: self-important, imperious, overbearing, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, sententious, grandiose, affected, pretentious, puffed up, arrogant, vain, haughty, proud, conceited, egotistic, supercilious, condescending, patronizing;
But perhaps, I have had the misfortune of only hearing him at his worst.