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Peacocking

//ˈpikɑkɪŋ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women. uncountable

    "Peacocking may take place in legislatures and lodges, churches and chain stores. But it is particularly evident and bizarre in academia, a world where everyone is supposed to produce logically ordered exchanges of ideas."

Etymology

From peacock + -ing.

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