He held forth at the meeting in a way people found off-putting.
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From 韩愈《祭柳子厚文》: '玉佩琼琚，大放厥词' - originally neutral/praiseful, describing Liu Zongyuan's free-flowing eloquence. In modern use the meaning has flipped to derogatory: empty talk or boasting.
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厥 here is a classical possessive pronoun equivalent to 其 ('his/its'), not the medical 厥 (to faint).
