One word

Bloviate

Word of the day on 14 May 2010.

Winning tweet

65
Points
SJHatzi
Bloviate? Id est suffusing supercilious magniloquisms in bombastic peroration? Nope, I don't do it.

Good uses

  • arkadeep2008
    61
    Points
    However, others like William Safire claim that 'bloviate' comes from combining the words 'blow-hard' and 'deviation.' #artwiculate
  • asim7asim
    58
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    stop me if I bloviate ~ hug me carelessly ~ whisper prevails along #haiku #artwiculate
  • Wifsie
    58
    Points
    The ego never misses a chance to bloviate. Stick with the soul, it prefers to radiate.
  • agezoko
    54
    Points
    A politician with a near election. It bloviate-s for the country for the world. #artwiculate
  • Anamuk
    50
    Points
    Bloviate in just 140 characters? What kind of ill-thought out popularist pandering would attempt to embed such a magnificent piece of verbia
  • marcosarroyos
    50
    Points
    Bloviate and bullshit have more in common than starting with B.
  • Tralala56
    49
    Points
    "Why is your goldfish blowing so many bubbles?" "He's bloviate-ing!"
  • lawyergirl3
    49
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    Top 3 places to bloviate: in court; in church; in politics.
  • lithiumzombie
    48
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    "Look Neil, there's no reason to bloviate just because you were the first man on the Moon." / "...giant leap for mankind!"
  • dmriver
    45
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    Pirates bloviate when speakin out their aaarrrs.
  • JonPowles
    45
    Points
    Bloviate - a twitter-based word game that makes pompous people look clever and the rest of us look like fawning sycophants
  • MaxRaunchiness
    44
    Points
    Put up or shut up / Fellate me now, my lovely / Bloviate no more #maxku
  • harrarp
    43
    Points
    @harrarp Twitter bloviate: Contradictio in terminis.
  • Gardencomet
    43
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    The wind liked to bloviate the blossoms, discourse down in the dell and pontificate to the old pontoon bridge
  • natsirhc
    43
    Points
    Don't imitate. Don't bloviate. Life's purpose is to initiate. This I learn from Artwiculate.
  • dsceiorg
    42
    Points
    Collective nouns: A shuffle of bureaucrats; A scoop of journalists; A bloviate of television pundits #artwiculate
  • nedmw
    40
    Points
    Blow, blow, bloviate. Gently down the scream #artwiculate
  • ten_ten_ten
    40
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    At last, a word worthy of an arrogant, bloated, bloviating windbag; I shall deign to play. #artwiculate 'bloviate'
  • lagadu123
    39
    Points
    "For optimal effect, you must strut as you bloviate." "Multitasking ? But - I'm a man!" "Yes. Perhaps you could just shut up."
  • OddlyStarry
    39
    Points
    If you stand on a tree stump in the forest, but no one is around to hear you, can you still bloviate?
  • LBY3
    39
    Points
    @artwiculate When I bloviate, none can compare to my grandiloquence; I am a raconteur par excellence.
  • gBaYgUrL
    39
    Points
    Spread the truth, when being positive is your intent, but spread a rumor, and you only bloviate hate and discontent
  • TiddK
    38
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    "Look, I'm much better than you, & my solo is crucial. Lend me your instrument" "No! Blow your own trumpet!" #bloviate
  • tWordBird
    37
    Points
    Don't bloviate your own horn!
  • minibtweet
    37
    Points
    Pointless complications ~ bloviate red tape ~ I only needed a simple answer yes or No #artwiculate
  • ultracutebot
    37
    Points
    bloviate out your arse ~ your true intelligence is rather sparse ~ lies, you strategically parse
  • AaronLivingston
    37
    Points
    Bloviate it if you got it. # artwiculate
  • jneen8
    36
    Points
    To bloviate: the very first symptom of Logorrhea. #artwiculate
  • DaveCurry
    35
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    Hef didn't need to bloviate, the room was already full of hot heir.
  • mazpow
    35
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    As kids, we were taught to bloviate like the Von Trapps were taught to sing. @jonpowles
  • Lorcdy
    35
    Points
    The usage of the word bloviate is restricted to the United States of America.
  • prashanthm18
    35
    Points
    I do not bloviate while artwiculating! #artwiculate
  • Quatfest_Haiku
    34
    Points
    In all modesty this bloviate tweet is brilliantly inspired to the level of an exceptional virtuoso #artwiculate
  • goldenskye
    34
    Points
    Life's too short to bloviate. Let your conduct speak for itself.
  • graffitipoet
    34
    Points
    I'm well aware of the ostensible "true poets" who bloviate at length across twitter
  • j86mes
    34
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    It's difficult to bloviate in 140 chars, but if I tried, I'd pull it off, I mean seriously I'd be great, you'd be gobsmacked... #artwiculate
  • OldJoeStalin
    34
    Points
    Does my ex-wife's mother bloviate? She can do nothing else! Old bag of hot air.
  • eilonwya10
    33
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    Said elocutionist to filibuster: Pardon if I erudiate, but I'd appreciate if you'd enunciate when you bloviate. #artwiculate
  • KevinEKennedy
    31
    Points
    It's hard to bloviate on twitter: the character limit cuts my ego down so I can't sound anywhere near as pompous.
  • osmarjardim
    31
    Points
    Bloviate. Omigod ! Another of those days! I try hard but someone tries harder! Incredible!!!
  • baccatum
    31
    Points
    The fail whale! Thar she bloviate~s!
  • Fatal_Romantic
    31
    Points
    Bloviate?!! How can I wax poetic w/a word that sounds like a digestive issue?
  • andibob
    30
    Points
    #artwiculate Please shut up and bloviate your soul on my lips...
  • honeygloom
    30
    Points
    I swear my life to vengeance; I shall become the woeful bloviate who bores the world to death.
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    if vast affection ~ were bloviate d through action ~ no affectation ~ #haiku #poetry
  • mscator
    29
    Points
    Let him bloviate until his hot air wraps his shirt into a balloon & he flies away.
  • BurningHawk1969
    28
    Points
    Blobby blowhards bloviate blissfully, beer burps breaking up their blather. #artwiculate
  • Squawkingalah
    28
    Points
    It may be an ex-parrot, but it can still bloviate.
  • coinopratdchris
    28
    Points
    "I think there's something wrong with my ho," Jon said."What d' you mean?" asked a pimp."Well, I gave her $20 and all she does is bloviate."

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