bloviation

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Recent Examples of bloviation But there’s a line between analysis and holier-than-thou bloviation. Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviation
Noun
  • His verbosity has become a point of contention.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Clarity In the AI era, verbosity is free and clarity is expensive.
    Ankur Shah, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
  • Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
    Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
    Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • His genius was giving everything just enough of a comic edge to nullify pomposity.
    Time, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Wagner’s humor deflates pomposity, and gives you permission to trust your own palate first.
    Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Beall’s drivel is definitely worthy of bird cage lining.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This is some boring, recycled drivel.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For too long Western leaders have been deterred by Putin’s escalation rhetoric.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Concha argued that her positions and rhetoric reflect a broader shift in the Democratic Party toward socialism and extremism.
    Kiara Moore, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Emmys season is about ot begin, and with it, a slew of contenders destined for nominations and memorialization by way of snubs chatter.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • There is a lot of chatter out there on the interwebs about who will and won’t be in the house for Big Brother season 28.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025

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“Bloviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviation. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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