Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To talk nonsensically.
- n. Nonsensical talk.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To talk nonsense.
- n. Nonsense; foolish talk.
- n. A person who talks nonsense.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To talk foolishly, or nonsensically, or concerning matters of no consequence.
- n. Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl.
WordNet 3.0
- n. foolish gibberish
- v. to talk foolishly
Etymologies
- Old Norse bladhra; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“That part of the great state of Iowa which has elected Steve "dumber than a stump" King to the House of Representatives will no doubt wet themselves to see the Sarah "the nutjob" Palin blather on despite fact that the truth seldom passes her lips.”
“I really don't give a toss if CNN prints this or not; the moderation of these comments isn't nearly as strict as some of you seem to think it is anyway – they print what best advances the conversation at hand, even if it is unfounded blather from the masses, so just take off your tinfoil hats and get on with your lives, please.”
“It certainly will stop all that santctimonius, self-righteous, holier than thou blather from the neo-con "christians"!”
“We have ten year olds able to bring forth a coherent idea these days as opposed to the constant blather from the GOP victor”
“It certainly will stop all that sanctimonious, self-righteous, holier-than-thou blather from the neo-con "christian" right-wing bible thumpers!”
“When the Forty heard this, they all rose and cried out, saying, What manner of blather is this, O harlot?”
“Incompetence, they need to go, it’s the governments fault, the the State of Louisiana’s fault, the mayor of New Orleans didn’t do his job, they were warned and on and on with the blather is all you hear.”
Think Progress » CNN filed a lawsuit against federal agencies
“Just seemed like your typical long winded blather, which is usual for you.”
“To listen to them blather, that is exactly what happened.”
“(Although perhaps I shouldn't trivialize it quite so much by calling it "blather"; it's precisely this NYT-style blather that helped get us in the current "complicated" mess in Iraq.)”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blather’.
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Talk Talk
Words for Talking
squawk, gab, chatter, chitchat, blab, prattle, blather, discuss, hector, plead, cajole, harangue and 189 more...
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Sounds
words that describe sound
atchoo, atishoo, babble, bam, bay, beep, blast, blather, bleat, bleep, blip, bong and 241 more...
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Trash Talk
Words that indicate meaningless, confusing or deceptive talk.
white noise, blarney, pidgin, jabber, bullshit, yadda yadda yadda, mishmash, farrago, gobbledygook, yammer, drivel, jargon and 18 more...
reesetee Why, thank you! Jul 15, 2009
marky Blathering Wordiers. Jul 15, 2009
sonofgroucho In Scotland I think the variant blether is more commonly used. Mar 20, 2007