1. A public figure, such as a politician or an actor, who makes outlandish, strident statements on issues, thinking that the average man will care about their opinions.
2. Someone who pontificates about issues of which they are uninformed, yet pretend to be expert.
3. Pompous blowhard, using their celebrity to speak about topics on which they are totally unqualified.
2. Someone who pontificates about issues of which they are uninformed, yet pretend to be expert.
3. Pompous blowhard, using their celebrity to speak about topics on which they are totally unqualified.
by desert irishman April 07, 2004
Bloviate is closely associated with U.S. President Warren G. Harding, who used it frequently and who was known for long, windy speeches. H.L. Mencken said of him, "He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abysm of pish, and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash."
After five years as president and thirty years as a political figure, this colossal oaf is still unable to discipline his urge to bloviate.
by mr.corruption June 06, 2005
To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
A key attribute to those that sell. To pretend to understand technical subject matter and sell it to others even dumber then oneself.
A key attribute to those that sell. To pretend to understand technical subject matter and sell it to others even dumber then oneself.
by joe October 01, 2004
Did you see how Ludwig used "bloviate" in that Among Us game? Makes his English degree seem a little less useless.
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by hahaludwigshortgetithahafunny September 20, 2020
by bitemestow-serge February 22, 2005
by Frank Masotti May 18, 2005
what Bill O'Reilly tells his viewers not to do in their emails. see pithy
what O'Reilly says is his job.
what O'Reilly says is his job.
by bryan October 04, 2004