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Cockalorum

Cockalorum pronounced \KOK-uh-lor-uhm,-LOAR-\ Middle English cock (rooster), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1715. A self-important or boastful person, bragging.

‘Sam also has to deal with a cockalorum fellow actor who shares just enough to demoralize him.’

Rohan Preston; 'Fully Committed' is Fully Glorious; Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jul 25, 2003.

‘Once a comic space cowboy full of cockalorum, Spider One has refashioned himself into an advocate for our nation's impressionable youth.’

Friendly Fire; The Boston Globe; May 28, 2003.

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