What to call what Rush Limbaugh does

[Randy Alexander]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Brian Hitchcock <brianhi at skechers.com> wrote:
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> At our house, we call Mr. Limbaugh “The Bloviater.”

Shouldn't that be "Bloviator"?

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> Blo-vi-ate    intr.v. blo-vi-at-ed, blo-vi-at-ing, blo-vi-ates    Slang
> To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner: "the rural Babbitt
> who bloviates about 'progress' and 'growth'" (George Rebeck). [Mock-Latinate
> formation, from blow.]
> (from Farlex Free Dictionary; the site lists three related links above this
> definition, all re Bill O’Reilly (!))
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