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bombast
In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays

This may sound more bombastic than I mean to be.

—p.197 The Perfect Parent (190) by Katie Roiphe
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florid

This is the kind of story we are talking about, and they are too numerous and too florid to fit here.

—p.200 Whose School Is It, Anyway? (198) by Katie Roiphe
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virago

the image of her as cold, inhuman, a virago, a phony

on Hillary Clinton

—p.181 Elect Sister Frigidaire (178) by Katie Roiphe
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rarefied

the rarefied, lonely demographic of woman too successful for love

—p.164 Is Maureen Dowd Necessary? (162) by Katie Roiphe
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frisson

one can't help but experience a puritanical frisson

on Mad Men

—p.146 The Perverse Allure of Messy Lives (145) by Katie Roiphe
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