braggart
A liar.
a ham
alarmist
Gollum always over exaggerates the ss. He also talks to himself
Machiavelli did not call himself tupac.
Holden characterizes himself as a liar because he often fabricates stories or exaggerates details in order to avoid facing reality or to protect himself emotionally. He uses lying as a defense mechanism to navigate through his struggles and to deal with his cynical view of the world.
A person who over exaggerates is often called a drama queen. Clinically the tendency to over exaggerate is called histrionic.
Machiavelli did not call himself tupac.
Someone who exaggerates the truth
You would call a person who praises himself a lot a narcissist.
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) was the first person to call himself a psychologist. In 1879, he founded one of the first psychological laboratories in Leipzig, Germany.
A chess player with no-one else to play with.
Scam or Brag