(1) Cameron is an aristocrat, remember, with all kinds of hifalutin genealogical connections.
Highfalutin
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Oh, but now this is highfalutin identity politics to be sneered at along with your safe spaces and trigger warnings.
(2) As if to prove she had not abandoned US television entirely in favour of the highfalutin' and literary, she took a recurring role as Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist in the current TV series Hannibal .
(3) And are violations of the rule obvious products of mishearing, careless reading, or a chintzy attempt to sound highfalutin?
(4) Such comparisons seem a bit highfalutin for what is ultimately a teen-friendly action flick, but Lawrence insists that real-world analogies are legitimate.
(5) In what Politico described as a “brutal” indictment last week, the paper’s editorial board – considered a must-read for the very kind of conservative voters and donors Romney would seek – expressed precisely the same denigrating assessment of Romney as Murdoch’s tweet did, albeit in more highfalutin language.
(6) This highfalutin pudding really does live up to its name.
(7) Not the highfalutin Royal Albert Hall, live-on-BBC-telly event.
(8) He once earned a famous reproach for writing too highfalutin a match report of a game between Chelsea and Blackpool, evoking Greek tragedy and, specifically, the blinding of Oedipus ("Will you tell me one thing?"
(9) I know that sounds awfully highfalutin and philosophical, but it's precisely what the healthcare debate, both the current and historic versions, has been about.
(10) "The thing that everybody always theorises is, why did you recommend such a highfalutin-type system for the WCML?
(11) Major's "back to basics" campaign was against highfalutin ideology; a disavowal of politics.
(12) Even – if the word is not taboo in their highfalutin circles – a hit.
(13) School architecture is just more highfalutin liberal claptrap, governors are " local worthies seeking a badge of status and the chance to waffle about faddy issues ", the national curriculum is a ball and chain, and teachers are part of a leftwing conspiracy.