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Someone whose mouth signed a contract their follow-through never read.
means A person who talks a big game but rarely backs it up with action.
from Straightforward agent noun from 'talk' + '-er' — 'talk' traces back to Middle English 'talken,' related to 'tale' and ultimately to 'tell.' The word itself has stayed plain for centuries; it's the sneer that got added later, when people started pairing it with 'all talk' to mean someone whose words outrun their deeds.
- plan to action
- inversely proportional, measured in excuses
- classic tell
- future tense, always future tense
- best skill
- sounding certain while being wrong
- opposite
- someone who just finished it quietly