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To: cactusSharp
blo·vi·ate   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.

Thanks, you learn something new here everyday!!!

120 posted on 10/09/2002 12:09:48 PM PDT by machman
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To: machman
A new noun for Clinton: A Bloviator!!!
125 posted on 10/09/2002 12:12:00 PM PDT by AUsome Joy
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OMG....Levin....I can't say without getting banned at FR what I think of these RATS!
127 posted on 10/09/2002 12:12:08 PM PDT by mystery-ak
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