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blatherskite

Postby KatyBr » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:37 pm

blath·er·skite (blr-skt)
n.
1. A babbling, foolish person.
2. Blather.



[blather + dialectal skite, a contemptible person (from Middle English skite, diarrhea, from Old Norse sktr, excrement, from skta, to defecate; see skei- in Indo-European roots).]

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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsNoun 1. blatherskite - foolish gibberish
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Postby Slava » Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:07 pm

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Postby LukeJavan8 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:49 pm

Codswallop I am familiar with; blatherskite is a new one
to me. I like it though: it flows off the tongue: I will
be using it, glad I found it.
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