Boast and Fake

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Boast verb - To praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess.

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Fake and boast are semantically related. in brag topic. In some cases you can use "Fake" instead a verb "Boast".

Fake verb - To imitate or copy especially in order to deceive.

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Boast and fake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boast" instead a verb "Fake".

Nearby Words: faked, faking, faker

good	good boast	good fake
rare	rare boast	rare fake
best	best boast	best fake
long	long boast	long fake
Other adjectives: similar, complete, crude, stupid, big, evil, bad, professional, giant, demonic, self-proclaimed.

Johnny: As I've told Sonya and the girls...[...]...'you can't fake a comeback.' Sonya gets in on the fun, as she delivers this boast to Kano:Sonya: I'm not going to kill you, Kano.

Source: Fanfic / Mortal Kombat Vs Marvel Universe
In a short-term heroic variant, the team on Criminal Minds used clock-shifting and a fake news broadcast to get a captured terrorist to think his co-conspirators had already unleashed a WMD, so he'd boast about it and reveal the intended target.

Source: Faked Rip Van Winkle
Averted when Kyoshi gets into a fight with a Fake Ultimate Hero, who stops fighting briefly to try and make a Badass Boast.

Source: Talking Is a Free Action

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