Blather (Blether) : 계속 지껄이다, 허튼소리를 계속 지껄이다, 허튼소리
1)
Blather is to talk on and on about absolute nonsense
to talk about silly stuff
you can also actually use the verb blether as well
to babble
to go on bit to be really long-winded and not ot make any sense
so lengthy foolish talk
particularly, to blather on about something
it is he is talking about something that you consider boring and unimportant
to ramble
rambling, mumbling, waffling
notice, if you use this verb to blather, you are being critical, you are being derogatory
it's like boring and ridiculous saying. it's totally nonsensical
notic, blather is fairly critical, if you are saying somebody's blathering, they are making lots of noise and using lots of words but it doesn't really make much sense
2)
stop blathering, just tell me what it is in words of one syllable
what on earth are you blathering about?
what are you blethering about?
he spent all afternoon blathering about his plans to rule the world
he is always blathering on about his pigeons
they were blathering on and on
he was always blathering about what a pain his neighbor was
very often when I listen to the parliament, it sounds like they are blathering, they are talking nonsense
they are talking rapidly without making much sense
enough of your blather, just do it
I don't want to hear excuses and you blathering on with excuses , just get down to it
he is such a blatherer, he talks rubbish
blathering on about his problems
3)
there is actually another nice little word related to this, a blatherskite or a bleherskite
which actually comes from a blathershite meaning shit
a blatherskite, somebody who is just contemptible. they are always jsut talking rubbish
he is always blathering on about how we've got to obey the rules
just stop blathering, you are giving me a headache
he was blathering away for hours about things that just were ridiculous
the speech that he gave, it was full of blather, it just didn't make sense. it was jsut absolutely ridiculous
he was blathering on about psychology, psychobabble as you might call it
the two men were arguing about nothing, they were blathering on
Formality : 3.5 - 4
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