the majority of people who make definitions to other words on this site.
you don't need to say mean things to eachother just to be different. accept different opinions and learn how to do it in a more mature manner.
you don't need to say mean things to eachother just to be different. accept different opinions and learn how to do it in a more mature manner.
If you complain about people not accepting you, it's probablly because you don't accept them. Stop being so pretentious.
by emm May 28, 2003
When people mention the last thing they read in school as if it was obvious, and as if you'd have to be completely stupid not to know what they're talking about.
Also when people talk like they're giving a formal speech.
Also when people talk like they're giving a formal speech.
by Luau999 December 31, 2011
What people who are naturally smarter and better than others are often seen, mistakenly, as being. (Commonly attributed to British people, for obvious reasons).
"Look at that guy who's reading a book. He's so pretentious. Let's go watch brainless action movies like everybody else!"
by thestripedone September 10, 2007
1. An overused, stale word that doesn't mean anything anymore, which is primarily used by critics and jerks to describe things or people they can't even begin to understand.
2. The most pathetic word one can possibly use in a verbal critique.
2. The most pathetic word one can possibly use in a verbal critique.
some guy: "Gawd, Radiohead is so PRETENTIOUS."
me: "Where'd you find that word?"
some guy: "Oh, there was this really great critic who used it in a review-"
me: "Do you even know what it means?"
some guy: "Uh..."
me: "If you don't know what it means, then why use it?"
me: "Where'd you find that word?"
some guy: "Oh, there was this really great critic who used it in a review-"
me: "Do you even know what it means?"
some guy: "Uh..."
me: "If you don't know what it means, then why use it?"
by Gregor the Mad Wanderer June 1, 2007
adj. pompous, ostentatious, pretending, an extravagent outward show. I find pretentious a versatile word that can be used to describe anything from musicians (Thom Yorke), clothes (berets) and musical genres (beat poetry, acid jazz)
It is also a word that I over use
It is also a word that I over use
O Pretentious One- Thom Yorke is God!
Me- You are so pretentious
O Pretentious One- I like living in my studio apartment, wearing black clothes and a red beret whilst listening to beat poetry and acid jazz
Me- Get a life you pretentious douchebag!
Me- You are so pretentious
O Pretentious One- I like living in my studio apartment, wearing black clothes and a red beret whilst listening to beat poetry and acid jazz
Me- Get a life you pretentious douchebag!
by Anna June 30, 2006
adjective, generally utilized in order to mask the speaker's own inadequacy, incomprehension and failure.
by Lucy Potato May 10, 2006
I think you're pretentious simply because your area code is 949, even if you're the most down-to-earth person I'll ever know.
by illxnvrxtell February 28, 2011