Ugh, just reading that word makes my blood boil. See, I'm a fan of respect, and this particular topic is one of the main reason why respect is no considered something not worth doing.

With that being said, I can agree with Brian on saying that they are pretentious people everywhere.

An example of this is a girl friend of mine. She has trouble with English (up to the point of even forgetting basic words). But despite of this, she studies hard to get good grades.

But one day (one of those first days of university), she asked a classmate (whom she befriended quickly) about some words she didn't understand. Her "friend" took this arrogant and pretentious attitude towards her while giving her the "are you stupid?" look and didn't help her at all due to considering her "inferior", since she didn't know some basic words.

She cried in frustration while telling me this...

Another type of pretentious people whom tick me off really quick are the ones who love to say "I'm the best" and when they face a challenge, they have an encyclopedia of excuses to evade them. For this kind of people, I love to use the "prove it" argument, since most of them find themselves unable to do so.

Finally, the last type of pretentious person is the one who has the "I'm always right" argument". I can't even describe how they irritate me, but the best thing I can do is ignore them because, unlike mature people, they don't have the capacity to do some logical thinking.

Oh, and don't make me touch the "flirting-people-who-consider-themselves-the-last-coca-cola-in-a-desert" kind.

I don't like to make people feel bad, but when I face people who try to put me or others down -consider this evil- but I love to take a counter stance and blow them away.