Blatherskite

Blatherskite

1. A boastful or bombastic person, a 'windbag'

2. A villainous or disreputable person This picturesque word is the American and Australian version of the Scottish dia- lect word 'bletherskate'. Although it is a fairly innocuous term of mild abuse, it de- rives from 'blether' meaning a bladder or to blather, and 'skate', a dialect variant of shit. The image evoked is of someone who is 'full of shit'. During the War of Independ- ence, Americans became familiar with the word from the Scottish song, Maggie Lauder.

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