Bomphiologia

//__Bomphiologia __//


 * Definition:: **Exaggeration done in a self-aggrandizing manner, as a braggart.


 * Origin:: **1550, Author Richard Sherry //A treatise in Schemes and Tropes//


 * See also:: **Rhetorical Strategy of 'Amplification'

Definition taken from ( http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/B/bomphiologia.htm)


 * Examples ** from text:

1) An example of bomphiologia is used in the story //The Demon Pope// by Richard Garnett. Lucifermakes a deal with the Pope about him becoming the Pope on the next vacancy. Lucifer responds to the Popes agreement of the deal and states "__which i may most reasonably entertain, considering my enormous wealth, my proficiency in intrigue,__ and the present condition of the Sacred College"(Sherry, 9).



2) Bomphiologia displayed many times in Dr. Horribles Sing Along Blogby Joss Whedon. The character who most often shows Bomphiologia is Captain Hammer who is Dr. Horribles nemesis. For instance Captain Hammer says "I don't go to the gym, I'm just naturally like this" and "When you are the best you cant rest" (Whedon). In both of these statements he is boasting about himself in a bragging manner.



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