bloviation

bloviation englanniksi

1. A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner. (defdate)

2. (quote-hansard)

3. (quote-journal)|month=January|year=1857|volume=I (Fifth Series; volume XVI overall)|issue=1|pages=13–14|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA14|oclc=245453067|passage=Sects generally claim for their founders some successful speculators, who, whether deserving or not, had obtained reputations. Most commonly the reputation is dependant on the amount of bloviation that has been practiced, and certainly, in some instances, this has been extensive enough.

4. (quote-journal)|date=7 December 1909|year_published=1910|volume=II|page=16|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=JyA7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA16|passage=The members of this convention are neither fogies nor faddists nor men given to bloviation for the sole purpose of stimulating activities in real estate.

5. (quote-book)|year=1993|pages=53–54|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=fAIj5EZ2sOQC&pg=PA54|isbn=978-0-275-94039-3|issn=1062-5623|passage=As critics saw it, the inaugural address of the twenty-ninth president &91;G. Harding|Warren Gamaliel Harding&93; was full of bloviation. Official newspaper reaction was positive if restrained.

6. (quote-book)