Network Dictionary — Pontificate
August 22, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
Pontificate — To express opinions or judgments in a pompous way.
I use this word when I am writing something where its mostly my opinion rather than factual or substantiated. This reminds me to be humble and gentle, not everyone cares about my opinion.
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It’s my personal pontification that all should in fact be concerned with your opinion. I mean, why wouldn’t they be?