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Some of my friends asked me if “bloviate” is a real word, after reading this newsletter :) Here is how four dictionaries define it:
- to speak a lot in an annoying way as if you are very important (Cambridge)
- to speak or write verbosely and windily (Merriam-Webster)
- to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner (Collins)
- to talk or write in a way that shows that you think you know a lot and have something important to say, when in fact you do not know much and have nothing important to say (Oxford Learner’s)
Thanks for this. Important distinctions.
Thanks for your comment, Ellen!
Some of my friends asked me if “bloviate” is a real word, after reading this newsletter :) Here is how four dictionaries define it:
- to speak a lot in an annoying way as if you are very important (Cambridge)
- to speak or write verbosely and windily (Merriam-Webster)
- to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner (Collins)
- to talk or write in a way that shows that you think you know a lot and have something important to say, when in fact you do not know much and have nothing important to say (Oxford Learner’s)