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To: LLLefty who wrote (23939)	4/8/2002 4:53:50 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 281500

What's that word? Bloviating. funwords.com bloviate (BLOH-vee-ayt) To speak or write pompously and windily. Apparently inspired by blow, this word became widely used in the United States during the latter half of the 19th century, when people seemed to take a special delight in long, silly-sounding words like sockdolager and hornswoggle. The popularity of bloviate got a boost in the 1920s from President Warren G. Harding, who apparently found it quite useful when discussing politics. "Oh, great. You mean we're going to have to sit here and listen to him bloviate for another half hour?"

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