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Mar. 7th, 2008 - Bloviation

Bloviation blo.vi.a.tion
Noun: To discoursing at length in a pompous or boastful manner
[origin - 1850 - 1855
mock - Latinate formation, from blow]

bloviation. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bloviation (accessed: March 07, 2008).

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This example is terse and uses simple language, not bloviations like you are used to.
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