Meaning & use
Blague
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Pretentious, empty talk or humbug intended to impress or deceive; a bluff or exaggerated joke.
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Critics dismissed the artist's manifesto as clever blague rather than serious theory.
He waved off the accusation with a shrug and a bit of blague.
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Borrowed from French, "blague" retains a slightly literary or art-world flavor in English, often describing self-consciously provocative nonsense.
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