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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bloviate /ˈbləʊvɪeɪt/

▶verb US talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.

– derivatives
bloviation noun.

– origin C19: perh. from blow1.

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