blatherskite

[ blath-er-skahyt ]

noun

1. a person given to voluble, empty talk.
2. nonsense; blather.

blatherskite

/ ˈblæðəˌskaɪt /

noun

1. a talkative silly person
2. foolish talk; nonsense

Word History and Origins

Origin of blatherskite¹

First recorded in 1845–50; blather + skite skate ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of blatherskite¹

C17: see blather , skate ³

Example Sentences

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, for whom the word “blatherskite” could have been invented, says mankind stands “one minute to midnight,” and without commensurate action, “the anger and impatience” of the world will be “uncontainable.”

From Washington Post

Last month, a GOP-led probe in Michigan found that the Trump camp’s charges of voting irregularities there were nothing more than “blatherskite.”

From Los Angeles Times

What they found was a mostly well-run exercise in civic duty, slightly smirched by honest mistakes quickly rectified — and then buried in an avalanche of fantasy, fever dreams, grifter fiction and “blatherskite.”

From Washington Post

Aysgarth is presented as a strange mixture of gambler, fortune hunter, blatherskite, ne'er-do-well and what not.

From Los Angeles Times

I'll show you some of the most picturesque and genial old blatherskites you ever saw.

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