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Blatherskite

Blatherskite \Blath"er*skite\, n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.]
--Barllett.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
blatherskite

c.1650, bletherskate, in Scottish song "Maggie Lauder," which was popular with soldiers in the Continental Army in the American Revolution, hence the colloquial U.S. use for "talkative fellow, foolish talk," especially in early 19c. From blather (v.) + dialectal skite "contemptible person."

Wiktionary
blatherskite

n. 1 A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer. 2 A worthless fellow; a deadbeat. 3 Nonsense or blather; empty talk.

WordNet
blatherskite

n. foolish gibberish [syn: blather]

Usage examples of "blatherskite".

Now I think the least you can do is to take the trouble to look into our affairs as they actually exist and use better judgment as to what these people are--both yours and ours--who blatherskite about us in Washington.

But it was lenient with Gregorig, who had called Iro a cowardly blatherskite in debate.

You shall hear the empty mouthing of the champion blatherskite, You shall hear the boss of local drapers blow.

Hawkeye, about the last person in Seaview City that anyone would ever connect with an old blatherskite like Twambley.

One of the most trying defects which I find in these Stratfordolaters, these Shakesperoids, these thugs, these bangalores, these troglodytes, these herumfrodites, these blatherskites, these buccaneers, these bandoleers, is their spirit of irreverence.

One of the most trying defects which I find in these Stratfordolaters, these Shakesperoids, these thugs, these bangalores, these troglodytes, these herumfrodites, these blatherskites, these buccaneers, these bandoleers, is their spirit of irreverence.

Now I think the least you can do is to take the trouble to look into our affairs as they actually exist and use better judgment as to what these people are--both yours and ours--who blatherskite about us in Washington.

I've noticed that these cussed jimjam blatherskites ain't as apt to show up in the light as they are in the dark, except when you've got trouble in your attic pretty bad.

It shows that the reason its boots turned too was because it still had them on after it started to go ha'nting around, and if that ain't proof that them blatherskites didn't get the boots, I'd like to know what you'd CALL proof.

One of the most trying defects which I find in these Stratfordolaters, these Shakesperiods, these thugs, these bangalores, these troglodytes, these herumfrodites, these blatherskites, these buccaneers, these bandoleers, is their spirit of irreverence.

It shows that the reason its boots turned too was because it still had them on after it started to go ha’nting around, and if that ain’t proof that them blatherskites didn’t get the boots, I’d like to know what you’d CALL proof.