oh, I think I have a new word

[timepiece]

(yes, it is very slow at work today)

I just came across an old, obscure word that I think is due for a slight update and renaissance: bloviate - "to speak at length in empty, pompous rhetoric".

I propose a modern twist: blogviate. Who doesn't think there's a crying need for this variation?

Comments

[silver-chipmunk.livejournal.com]

Bloviate is a great word. I've been hearing it lately in connection iwth the presidential race...

Blogviate is good too.

[genders.livejournal.com]

Hah! Bill O'Reilly uses this word in reference to folks who email opinions into his show; he asks them please not to bloviate. I always wondered what it mean but was too lazy to look it up. Especially since I've caught his show maybe three times in my life.