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blath⋅er⋅skite

   [blath-er-skahyt]
–noun
1. a person given to voluble, empty talk.
2. nonsense; blather.
Origin:
1640–50; blather + skite skate 3
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blath·er·skite     (blāth'ər-skīt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A babbling, foolish person.
  2. Blather.


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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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blatherskite

noun
foolish gibberish [syn: blather] 

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Blatherskite

Blath"er*skite\, n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] --Barllett.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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