Bloviate (verb)
blo-vee-ayt
to speak pompously.
Bloviate was first recorded in 1850–55 and is an Americanism, formed from an alteration of the verb blow with an older informal meaning of “to boast.”
Example sentences
“With her bloviated discussions, I could listen no more!”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
