When you can see from the way a person acts that he’s feeling important or independent: “He surely is ________ these days.”
| FEELING HIS OATS | 193 |
| COCKY | 147 |
| STUCK UP | 114 |
| BIG SHOT | 71 |
| HAS THE BIG HEAD | 37 |
| BIG-HEADED | 34 |
| FEELING BIG | 34 |
| HIGH-HAT | 30 |
| STUCK ON HIMSELF | 28 |
| FULL OF HIMSELF | 27 |
| UPPITY | 26 |
| CONCEITED | 25 |
| PUFFED UP | 25 |
| HIGH-FALUTIN | 20 |
| EGOTISTICAL | 17 |
| INDEPENDENT | 16 |
| NR | 15 |
| ARROGANT | 13 |
| GOT THE BIG HEAD | 13 |
| PUTTING ON THE DOG | 13 |
| BIGGETY | 12 |
| HIGH AND MIGHTY | 11 |
| IMPORTANT | 11 |
| POMPOUS | 11 |
| SURE OF HIMSELF | 11 |
| FEELING HIS IMPORTANCE | 10 |
| TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES | 9 |
| STRUTTING HIS STUFF | 8 |
| SWELL-HEADED | 8 |
| ON HIS HIGH HORSE | 7 |
| PROUD OF HIMSELF | 7 |
| SHOWING OFF | 7 |
| SHOW-OFF | 7 |
| SMART | 7 |
| STRUTTING | 7 |
| STUFFED SHIRT | 7 |
| UPPISH | 7 |
| SET UP | 6 |
| SNOBBISH | 6 |
| SWELLED UP | 6 |
| UP IN THE AIR | 6 |
| BIG | 5 |
| FEELING IMPORTANT | 5 |
| HAS A BIG HEAD | 5 |
| HAUGHTY | 5 |
| HIGH-HEADED | 5 |
| OVERBEARING | 5 |
| SMART ALEC | 5 |
| SNOBBY | 5 |
| SNOOTY | 5 |
| STUCK ON HISSELF | 5 |
| CONFIDENT | 4 |
| HIGH-MINDED | 4 |
| KNOW-IT-ALL | 4 |
| PROUD | 4 |
| SELF-CENTERED | 4 |
| SELF-IMPORTANT | 4 |
| SMART ALECKY | 4 |
| CHESTY | 3 |
| FEELING COCKY | 3 |
| FEELING HIS KEEPING | 3 |
| FEELING HIS ONIONS | 3 |
| HIGH-TONED | 3 |
| ON A HIGH HORSE | 3 |
| PLEASED WITH HIMSELF | 3 |
| PROUD OF HISSELF | 3 |
| PUTTING ON AN ACT | 3 |
| SNOTTY | 3 |
| THROWING HIS WEIGHT AROUND | 3 |
| ALL PUFFED UP | 2 |
| BIGGEDY | 2 |
| BIG-HEAD | 2 |
| COCKSURE | 2 |
| EGOTISTIC | 2 |
| FEELING HIS CHEERIOS | 2 |
| FLYING HIGH | 2 |
| FULL OF BEANS | 2 |
| FULL OF EGO | 2 |
| GETTING TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES | 2 |
| HE THINKS HE’S SOMEBODY | 2 |
| HE THINKS HE’S SOMETHING | 2 |
| HE’S GOT THE BIG HEAD | 2 |
| HIGH-HATTED | 2 |
| HIGH-HATTING | 2 |
| HOT SHOT | 2 |
| IMPRESSED WITH HIMSELF | 2 |
| IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF | 2 |
| MULEY | 2 |
| ON AN EGO TRIP | 2 |
| PORKY | 2 |
| PUTTING ON AIRS | 2 |
| RIDING HIGH | 2 |
| SHOWING OUT | 2 |
| SNOB | 2 |
| SOMETHING | 2 |
| SOPHISTICATED | 2 |
| THINKS HE’S SMART | 2 |
| TOP OF THE WORLD | 2 |
| ABOUT TO BUST HIS BUTTONS | 1 |
| ACTING HIGH-HAT | 1 |
| ACTING LIKE A BIG SHOT | 1 |
| ACTING MANNISH | 1 |
| ACTING SMART | 1 |
| ACTING SNOBBISH | 1 |
| ACTING SPECIAL | 1 |
| ACTING UPPITY | 1 |
| A-FEELING HIS TEA | 1 |
| ALL BLOWN UP ABOUT | 1 |
| ALL OF IT | 1 |
| ALL STUCK UP | 1 |
| ALL SWELLED UP | 1 |
| ALOOF | 1 |
| ASTOR’S PET PONY | 1 |
| A-STRUTTING HIS STUFF | 1 |
| BANTY ROOSTER | 1 |
| BEING A BIG-SHOT | 1 |
| BEING OUTWARDLY | 1 |
| BEYOND HIMSELF | 1 |
| BIG DEALER | 1 |
| BIG FEELER | 1 |
| BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES | 1 |
| BIG SHOTTY | 1 |
| BIG SHOW | 1 |
| BIG STUFF | 1 |
| BIG TIME | 1 |
| BIG-CHESTED | 1 |
| BIG-EYED | 1 |
| BIG-FEELER | 1 |
| BIG-FEELING | 1 |
| BIG-FEELING GUY | 1 |
| BIGOTED | 1 |
| BLOWED UP | 1 |
| BLOWFISH | 1 |
| BOSSY | 1 |
| BRAGGADOCIOUS | 1 |
| BRAGGARD | 1 |
| BRAVO | 1 |
| BRAZEN | 1 |
| BULL-HEAD | 1 |
| CAN’T GET A HAT THAT FITS HIM | 1 |
| CARRIED AWAY WITH HIMSELF | 1 |
| CAT’S WHISKERS | 1 |
| CHIPPER | 1 |
| COCK OF THE WALK | 1 |
| COCKSURE OF HIMSELF | 1 |
| CONCEITED ASS | 1 |
| CONCEITED BASTARD | 1 |
| CONFUSED | 1 |
| CONTRARY | 1 |
| CUTE | 1 |
| CUTTING A WIDE SWATH | 1 |
| DIGNITY | 1 |
| DOESN’T HATE HIMSELF | 1 |
| DUDISH | 1 |
| DUMB | 1 |
| EXHILARATED | 1 |
| FAT-HEADED | 1 |
| FEEDING HIS EGO | 1 |
| FEELING BIG-HEADED | 1 |
| FEELING COCK OF THE WALK | 1 |
| FEELING GREAT | 1 |
| FEELING HIS CORN | 1 |
| FEELING HIS FEED | 1 |
| FEELING HIS I.Q. | 1 |
| FEELING HIS KEEP | 1 |
| FEELING INDEPENDENT | 1 |
| FEELING LIKE A WHEEL | 1 |
| FEELING LIKE HOT SHIT | 1 |
| FEELING LIKE KING SHIT | 1 |
| FEELING PRETTY COCKY | 1 |
| FEELING PRETTY SWELL | 1 |
| FEELING SELF-RIGHTEOUS | 1 |
| FEELING SMART | 1 |
| FEELING SPRY | 1 |
| FEELING TALL | 1 |
| FEELING TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES | 1 |
| FLYING IN HIGH COTTON | 1 |
| FOR HIMSELF | 1 |
| FULL OF HISSELF | 1 |
| GETTING A LITTLE UPPISH | 1 |
| GETTING A SWELL HEAD | 1 |
| GETTING BIG-HEADED | 1 |
| GETTING HIGH-TONED | 1 |
| GONE TO HIS HEAD | 1 |
| GOT | 1 |
| GOT A BIG HEAD | 1 |
| GOT A GOOD IDEA OF HIMSELF | 1 |
| GOT A GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF | 1 |
| GOT THE SWELL HEAD | 1 |
| GOT THE SWELLED HEAD | 1 |
| GREATEST | 1 |
| HAD A SWELLED HEAD | 1 |
| HAS A BIG EGO | 1 |
| HAS A BIG IDEA OF HIMSELF | 1 |
| HAS A FRONT UP TODAY | 1 |
| HAS A GOOD FEELING OF HIMSELF | 1 |
| HAS GOT AN EXAGGERATED OPINION OF HIMSELF | 1 |
| HAS GOT MEAN | 1 |
| HAS GOT THE BIG HEAD | 1 |
| HAS HIS BIG HEAD | 1 |
| HAS HIS EGO | 1 |
| HAS THE HIGH HAT | 1 |
| HAT DOESN’T FIT HIM | 1 |
| HATEFUL | 1 |
| HE ALL STUCKS UP | 1 |
| HE CERTAINLY THINKS HE’S SHIT | 1 |
| HE FEELS HIS KEEPING | 1 |
| HE FEELS HIS OATS | 1 |
| HE FEELS HISSELF | 1 |
| HE HAS A SWELLED HEAD | 1 |
| HE HAS THE BIG HEAD | 1 |
| HE THINKS HE’S IMPORTANT | 1 |
| HE THINKS HE’S IT | 1 |
| HE THINKS HE’S SHARP | 1 |
| HE THINKS HE’S SMART | 1 |
| HE THINKS HIS SHIT DON’T STINK | 1 |
| HE WANTS TO BE THE WHOLE SHOW | 1 |
| HEAD’S TOO BIG FOR HIS HAT | 1 |
| HEADSTRONG | 1 |
| HEAD-UP | 1 |
| HEADY | 1 |
| HE’S OVERESTIMATING HIS ABILITY | 1 |
| HIDY-TIDY | 1 |
| HIGH | 1 |
| HIGH COCKALORUM | 1 |
| HIGH ON HIMSELF | 1 |
| HIGH ON THE HOG TODAY | 1 |
| “HIGH, WIDE, AND HANDSOME” | 1 |
| HIGHBROWED | 1 |
| HIGH-FLYING | 1 |
| HIGH-HANDED | 1 |
| HIGH-HATTING US | 1 |
| HIGHLY HOPE UP | 1 |
| HIS HEAD IS IN THE CLOUDS | 1 |
| HIS OWN MAN | 1 |
| HOI FALLOI | 1 |
| HOITY-TOITY | 1 |
| HORSY | 1 |
| HOT SHIT | 1 |
| HOT STUFF | 1 |
| I WONDER WHO HE THINKS HE IS | 1 |
| IMPORTANCE | 1 |
| IMPORTANT CHARACTER | 1 |
| IN THE NEWS | 1 |
| INDEPENDENT AS A HOG ON ICE | 1 |
| INDEPENDENT PERSON | 1 |
| INDEPENDENT SON OF A GUN | 1 |
| INFLATED | 1 |
| KIND OF STUCK UP | 1 |
| KING OF THE ROOST | 1 |
| KING OF THE WALK | 1 |
| “LIKE TO BUY HER FOR HER WORTH, SELL FOR WHAT SHE THINKS SHE’S WORTH” | 1 |
| LIVING HIGH ON THE HOG | 1 |
| LIVING ON THE HOG | 1 |
| LONER | 1 |
| LORD GOD HIMSELF | 1 |
| LORDING IT OVER SOMEONE | 1 |
| LORDLY | 1 |
| LOVES HIMSELF | 1 |
| MAKING HIMSELF BIG | 1 |
| MEDDLESOME | 1 |
| MISS UPPINGTON | 1 |
| MOWING THE MUSTARD | 1 |
| MR. BIG | 1 |
| MR. BIG PANTS | 1 |
| NAUGHTY | 1 |
| ON THE BALL | 1 |
| ON THE BEAM | 1 |
| ON THE TOP SHELF | 1 |
| ONLY TIN CAN IN THE DUMP | 1 |
| OUT OF PLACE | 1 |
| PERSNICKETY | 1 |
| PIG-HEADED | 1 |
| PLAYING THE BIG DOG | 1 |
| PONTIFICAL | 1 |
| POSITIVE | 1 |
| PRETTY INDEPENDENT | 1 |
| PROUD AS A PEACOCK | 1 |
| PUTTING ON A SHOW | 1 |
| PUTTING ON THE DOGS | 1 |
| REALLY THINKS HE’S SOMETHING | 1 |
| SELF-ASSURED | 1 |
| SELF-CONCEITED | 1 |
| SELF-CONFIDENT | 1 |
| SELF-IMPRESSED | 1 |
| SELFISH | 1 |
| SELF-SATISFIED | 1 |
| SHE HAS SURE GOT THE BIT IN HER MOUTH | 1 |
| SHITTING IN HIGH COTTON | 1 |
| SHOWING HIS ASS | 1 |
| SHOWING HIS BEHIND | 1 |
| SHOWING HIS IMPORTANCE | 1 |
| SHOWING HIS OATS | 1 |
| SIDITY | 1 |
| SMART GUY | 1 |
| SMART-LOOKING GUY | 1 |
| SMARTY | 1 |
| SMELLING HIS PEE | 1 |
| SMUG | 1 |
| SO MUCH | 1 |
| SOME PUNKINS | 1 |
| SOMEBODY | 1 |
| SOT UP | 1 |
| SPREADING HIS WINGS | 1 |
| STRUCK ON HIMSELF | 1 |
| STRUTTING AROUND | 1 |
| STRUTTING HIMSELF | 1 |
| STRUTTING HIS ONIONS | 1 |
| STUCK-UP | 1 |
| STUFFY | 1 |
| SURE OF HISSELF | 1 |
| SWELL | 1 |
| SWELL-HEAD | 1 |
| TACKY | 1 |
| THINKS HE IS SOMETHING | 1 |
| THINKS HE’S A BIG STICK | 1 |
| THINKS HE’S BIG | 1 |
| THINKS HE’S CUTE | 1 |
| THINKS HE’S HOT SHIT | 1 |
| THINKS HE’S IT | 1 |
| THINKS HE’S SOMETHING ON A STICK | 1 |
| THROWING OUT HIS CHEST | 1 |
| TOO BIG FOR HIS BOOTS | 1 |
| TOO BIG FOR HIS SHOES | 1 |
| TOO DAMN INDEPENDENT | 1 |
| TOOK THE BIGHEAD | 1 |
| TOP DOG | 1 |
| UNPREDICTABLE | 1 |
| UP IN THE WORLD | 1 |
| UPSTAGE | 1 |
| UPTOWN | 1 |
| V.I.P. | 1 |
| WALKING ON AIR | 1 |
| WHAT THEY KNOW AND THINK THEY KNOW ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS | 1 |
| WHEEL | 1 |
| WHOLE CHEESE | 1 |
| YOU CAN’T TOUCH HIM WITH A TEN-FOOT POLE | 1 |
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