bloviate
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blo·vi·ate
(blō'vē-āt') 
intr.v. Slang, -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner: "the rural Babbitt who bloviates about 'progress' and 'growth'" (George Rebeck).
intr.v. Slang, -at·ed, -at·ing, -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.]
bloviation blo'vi·a'tion n.Word Overheard by Answers.com:
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bloviate
Wordy AND untruthful — that's what New York Times columnist
"Once Judge Alito came before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Democrats decided to counter the Republicans' story by coming up with a fictional story of their own, or that's what they did once they stopped bloviating."
Link: Truthiness 101: From Frey to Alito
Posted January 23, 2006.
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