bluffer

noun

Definition of bluffernext
1
as in dissembler

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2
as in speculator

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  1. speculator
  2. pretender
  3. sharper
  4. hypocrite
  5. charlatan
Noun
  • Mayor Todd Gloria's reelection campaign is touting his efforts to boost homebuilding, while his opponent, Larry Turner, has said there is no housing shortage, instead blaming affordability on real estate speculators.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The gains have attracted the attention of Chinese day traders and speculators, as well as those in the West.
    Michael Foster, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of speculator
Noun
  • Other pretender brands like Stellantis’s DS, and Hyundai’s Genesis look to be fighting a losing battle.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Those few Knights of the Round Table who remain are third-tier heroes, clinging to a past that is already washing out to sea, while various pretenders to the throne vye for power.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Definition of sharper
Noun
  • The filing painted West as a hypocrite who publicly advocates for the fair treatment and proper compensation of artists while exploiting them in private.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
  • This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites.
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of hypocrite
Noun
  • One exception is Cotton Marcus, the charlatan at the center of The Last Exorcism.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
  • What’s interesting about it is that in the book, the Dragon Queen is very obviously a con woman and a charlatan right away, and she was based on someone that’s real.
    Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of charlatan
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