Word of the Week: BLOVIATE

[Garritan]

It's been a while since our last Word of the Week. Snorlax has suggested our new word for the week:

BLOVIATE
\ˈblō-vē-ˌāt\

To bloviate means
"to speak pompously and excessively," or "to expound ridiculously." A colloquial verb coined in the United States, it is commonly used with contempt to describe the behavior of politicians, academics,

Join us in chat today and watch me bloviate, :D

Thanks Snorlax for this week's word.

And feel free to volunteer some of your favorite words for the next Word of the Week.

Gary

Previous Words of the Week: ALACRITY, BORBORYGMI, RECALCITRANT, TRANSMOGRIFY, BODACIOUS, THAUMATURGICALl, SWIMMINLY, WOOLGATHERING, WINDBROACH, SINECURE, NOMOPHOBIA; GASP, AGOG

[Styxx]

BLOVIATESound like what happened to me after I ate that pastrami on rye with pickles, onions, hot peppers, Tabasco sauce, provolone cheese, and a cherry on top.

[wrayer]

Gee, and I always thought that "Bloviate" refered to the action of playing the trumpet. He "bloviated" his trumpet making him a "Bloviator".

Well now that you mention, I guess the definition still fits for I tend to bloviate as a trumpet player. I guess it's better than sucking on sax reeds!

[reberclark]

When thinking about bloviations,
The trumpets get standing ovations.
Reed-lickers and drummers
Are really late-comers
Compared to some high-brass orations!




(yes, I'm a trumpet player :))

[DarwinKopp]

I believe this is what happens when you push your muscle car a little too hard.

[Haydn]

Bloviate describes my wind breakage - ridiculous and excessive expounding!

Jim

[holderofthehorns]

Gary has been watching O'Reilly. Me too. ;)

[AlanPerkins]

When people first took to the air
The pollies espoused with a flare
How these fine aviators
(not those big bloviators)
Could fly without fear or care

[GDG]

How about "hypnopompic" ? :)

[DanielB]

I have a suggestion!

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
A lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust causing inflammation in the lungs.

[indianamusic]

One of my kids years ago created a new word.
She said she was "angervated" about something.
I think it is a good descriptive word.
Now we all use it now and then - seems like a normal word to us now.

[Pingu]

One of my kids years ago created a new word.
She said she was "angervated" about something.
I think it is a good descriptive word.
Now we all use it now and then - seems like a normal word to us now.

My youngest daughter does that a lot. Disturbingly, at the age of five, she now consciously speaks in her own language some of the time, which has a fully fledged dictionary and codified syntax. She's even picked up on the idea of declension - for instance we have 'Shabalala' which means hold my hand, and 'Shabalalee' which means stop holding my hand. I don't know whether to take her to creative writing classes or a shrink.

[Larry G. Alexander]

One of my kids years ago created a new word.
She said she was "angervated" about something.
I think it is a good descriptive word.
Now we all use it now and then - seems like a normal word to us now.

You have a smart kid. That's a great word.

In my crotchety old age, I stay angervated most of the time. ;):)

Larry