4. Quintessential
It reeks of condescendingly pushing your expertise in a subject. The knowledge is not being parted with out of an urge to enlighten, but to project your knowledge on to another, in an entirely self-serving way.
“God, that’s quintessential of the Spanish Armada.”
It rolls of the tongue, free with an escalated estimation of your own opinion’s worth. Fair dinkums, if that’s your Mastermind subject; but those who whip it out act like life itself is their Mastermind subject. It’s a staple of those vaguely recognisable talking heads, who used to pop on those God-awful list format shows that were all the rage in that decade between 2000 and 2010. Like this dude, the quintessential quintessential-user.
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