Why this word is great
HIGHFALUTINISM — [Noun] Pompous or pretentious language or behavior. From highfalutin (itself possibly an alteration of 'high-fluting', suggesting an inflated, ornate style) + the suffix -ism, denoting a practice or system. Unlike grandiloquence, which focuses on the bombastic architecture of speech, or affectation, which denotes any borrowed mannerism, highfalutinism is the holistic performance of self-importance, a style that suffuses both diction and demeanor. It is the consultant describing a simple task as 'synergizing our actionable paradigms,' the critic who finds 'ontological disquiet' in a garden gnome, and the amateur oenophile swirling a glass of plonk with sacerdotal gravity—all small, earnest performances that reveal a quiet, universal fear of being thought ordinary. It is the sound of someone dressing up an empty room with borrowed curtains, hoping you won’t notice there are no walls.