bloviate

== English == === Etymology === 1845, US, Ohio, from blow (“speak idly, boast”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ate, by analogy with deviate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt/ === Verb === bloviate (third-person singular simple present bloviates, present participle bloviating, simple past and past participle bloviated) (intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. ==== Usage notes ==== Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to president Warren G. Harding, again in the 1990s, and again during the 2000 presidential election. Its usage has increased since then. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:speak. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== blowhard ==== Translations ==== === See also === windbag Appendix:Fanciful 19th century American coinages === References === Allan A. Metcalf (2004), Presidential voices: speaking styles from George Washington to George W. Bush, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, “Once More the Bloviator”, pp. 134–135, →ISBN === Anagrams === oblative