definition_of_blather
DannyH
blather
,
v
. orig.
dial
. [variant
of
BLETHER
v
.] intr.
To
talk
foolishly,
talk
nonsense
.
Often
in
ppl
.
a
.
Hence
'
blatherer
,
a
foolish
talker (1866
in
E
.D.D).
1825 BROCKETT Gloss.
N
.
Country
Words
18
He
blathes
and
talks
,
is
a
common
phrase
where
much
is
said
to
little
purpose
.
A
person
of
this
kind
is
.. styled
a
blathering
hash.
1891 KIPLING
Light
That
Failed
iv. 59
If
you
were
only
a
mass
of
blathering
vanity
,..I
wouldn't
mind
1920
D
H
LAWRENCE
Touch
&
Go
III.
i
.
76
They've
got
a
set
of
loud
-mouthed
blatherers
and
agitators
among
them
.
1951
J
WYNDHAM
Day
of
The
Triffids
i
.
15
Gentlemanly tones
which
blathered
about
this
'
magnificent
spectacle'
and
'
unique
phenomenon'
The
Oxford
English
Dictionary
2nd Edition 1989
010512
...
DannyH and his enormous book
may
I
also
offer
BLATE -
To
babble
, prate,
give
mouth
(
about
),
talk
blatantly
BLATE -
cry
like
a
sheep
BLATERATE -
to
babble
or
talk
vainly
BLATERATION - Babbling,
chatter
BLATHE
-
To
cry
out
(
This
is
the
oldest rootword
of
blather
listed
with
this
example
:-
1640
J
. GOWER Ovid's Fest.
VI
. 127
The
poore
young
child
for
help
and
soccour
blathed
.)
I
like
that
.
Also
I
offer
as
an
alternative
to
blatherskite
(
which
is
listed
as
modern
US
slang
)
the
much
older
noun
blateroon -
defined
as
"
a
babbler"
since
1645
010512
...
birdmad
one
of
Mark
Twain's
cats
was
named
blatherskite
interestingly
enough
010513
...
MollyGoLightly
it's_this_stuff_and_it_won't_stop
fuckin_group_therapy
and
i
feel
halfway
responsible
.
010518
...
User24
symbiosis
031027
...
meta
meta
060117
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from