At risk of being a windbag... windbaggery is a relative idea. "Boring" and "uninteresting" are in the eye (or ear) of the beholder. So I'd say a lot of windbags don't know, but there are probably some who do, and some who may not be windbags who are afraid that they actually ARE windbags! And yet, only some people may think the person is a windbag. Mayhap we should have a vote by majority on who is a windbag and who is not. Topsy-turvy I tell you.
As far as blowhards, there are three-ish kinds I think. There are blowhards who actually believe their own hype, blowhards who are trying to compensate for massive insecurities (I think this is the biggest group), and sarcastic/ironic blowhards who do it for effect.
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