anecdotalist

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You read his interviews and he's a raconteur - a great anecdotalist ... but sometimes you think, "Oh come on, dude, you're putting it on a little thick ..."

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  • You read his interviews and he's a raconteur - a great anecdotalist ... but sometimes you think, "Oh come on, dude, you're putting it on a little thick ..." —  The Sheila Variations
  • It is a confidence game; the anecdotalist attempts to win my confidence; he tries to take me within his own; and if he does, I lose, sap that I've proven myself to be. —  Superfluities Redux
  • Nighy has a pleasingly dry sense of humour and is a fine anecdotalist, telling self-deprecating stories in a deadpan voice so mellow people assume he has just woken up when he answers the phone. —  Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
 

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