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To: Road Walker who wrote (253951)10/6/2005 9:12:23 AM
From: 10K a day  Respond to of 1574854
 
blo·vi·ate Audio pronunciation of "bloviating" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (blv-t)
intr.v. Slang blo·vi·at·ed, blo·vi·at·ing, blo·vi·ates

To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner: “the rural Babbitt who bloviates about ‘progress’ and ‘growth’” (George Rebeck).

[Mock-Latinate formation, from blow1.]blovi·ation n.



To: Road Walker who wrote (253951)10/6/2005 9:18:32 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574854
 
"What a great word for what Rush does for a living!"

I can't claim credit. I first heard it from "Spiro My Hero" Agnew in reference to the pundits of the day. Whatever else he might have done, he could string obscure words together with a deft hand...


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