Whimsical sixth-form pretensions, basically.
The women in "Spoiled" often struggle with class pretensions.
"He rejected any form of pretension or sham".
Publishers disliked these tricks because of the expense, and critics often got annoyed because the content did not seem to warrant what they saw as a form of pretension.
Radical causes were always close to his heart: he had been born to working-class parents in Acton Green, west London, and fashioned by family history into a firm mistrust of fat cats - especially American fat cats - and any form of pretension.
9.09pm GMT 47 min As not much comes to pass on the pitch, an email: "Clearly it's a very subtle form of pretension, like me sitting here at work in a suit and tie while (whilst? don't speak the Queen's English here in Texas) our dress code only states that slacks and a collared shirt are required.
A man who expresses contempt for all forms of pretension, Judge McDermott padded about his spartan living room in dark blue socks.
Good advice for the next time you are having tea with the bishop, but it is also a confirmation of the conviction (so British) that more than a "polite acknowledgement" that the French have their own system of pronunciation must be a form of vulgar pretension.
"He used the term para-conceptual to describe his work, but in a way, I think he was para-design, making jokes about design history, designers' pretensions and form and process," said Ellen Lupton, the curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt.
The artists meet for weekly meetings to discuss the upkeep and maintenance of the squat, but have no pretensions about forming a separate state or undermining Ljubljana's authority.
But while your correspondent has considerable respect for David Foster Wallace as a writer, and while he himself has experimented with various forms of literary pretension, he now looks with disdain on pallid young men who tote copies of "Infinite Jest" in public.
