Friday Word: Blatteroon

[med_cat]

Blatteroon [BLAT-er-OON]
(n.)
- A senseless babbler or boaster; an idle-headed fellow.
- A person who will not stop talking.
From Latin “blatero” (a babbler)
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“-oon” (used to add emphasis or more emphatic power to words borrowed French nouns ending in stressed “-on”) from Latin “-onem”.
Used in a sentence:
“Afore the ubiquity of the infobahn, how did the blatteroons and dotards consociate to promulgate their specious sophistry?”
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Comments

[bethctg]

ohhh, so many thoughts about this one, in relation to current events. *zips mouth*

[med_cat]

Hehe, yep ;)

[sallymn]

Oh, that's a good one!

[med_cat]

It is, isn't it?