Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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bloviate \BLOH-vee-ayt\, intransitive verb:
bloviate \BLOH-vee-ayt\, intransitive verb:
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To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
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The B.O., poster child for the word bloviate!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Bloviate is from blow + a mock-Latinate suffix -viate. Compare blowhard, "a boaster or braggart." Bloviation is the noun form; a bloviator is one who bloviates.
Bloviate is from blow + a mock-Latinate suffix -viate. Compare blowhard, "a boaster or braggart." Bloviation is the noun form; a bloviator is one who bloviates.
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