bravado:
should not be confused with bravery. It is a swaggering or boastful display of boldness, often adopted to disguise an underlying timidity. It is, in short, a false bravery, and there is nothing courageous about it.
Bill Bryson, Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words
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