What do you call someone who is mediocre at best on a variety of fields but likes to pose as a polished and cultured person?
I’m not sure if I’m explaining this well. This person has a “I’m better than you” or “I know better and say it best” attitude, likes to pass as sensible and intellectual but when you contrast how they try to come across with what they actually do, how indifferent they are to others, and the quality of the skills they like to boast about it doesn’t add up. It’s all superficial, there is no substance to them, and no apparent self awareness ever of any of these shortcomings.
It’s like a special brand of “full of it”. Is there a word for it?
I think it is what in Spain we call an “enterao”, but I could be wrong.
I’m not sure how to translate it, maybe as “a heard about”, a guy that always has heard about whatever and thinks his info is much better or knows a better way to do anything.
En Chile es “alumbra(d)o”, que se da “brillo” o importancia.
Or a “fantasma/casper”
That’s a good one too. Wow, I now realise that I haven’t used it in years.