#176 bravado

bravado- vaunted display of courage or self-confidence; swagger

- C16 from Spanish bravada, from Old Italian bravare- to challenge , provoke, from bravo- wild

Their bravado is a cover up for a desperate fear they will be exposed as ordinary humans.

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