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blatherskite

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blath·er·skite  (blr-skt)
n.
1. A babbling, foolish person.
2. Blather.

[blather + dialectal skite, a contemptible person (from Middle English skite, diarrhea, from Old Norse sktr, excrement, from skta, to defecate; see skei- in Indo-European roots).]
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Noun1.blatherskite - foolish gibberish
gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking


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I have been called a lot of things in my life - Kimit, Kermit, Kamit and ``Hey, stupid'' - but until Michael Cohen of Reseda wrote to the editor in response to the political insult column I wrote back in March, I had never before been referred to as an ``addlepated amateur'' or a ``blithering blatherskite.
The primary implication for business communication of the positive sort is to recognize that it must face reality early; it must embrace the public generously and openly, and it must deal with the inevitable sides of its behavior and actions with refreshing openness rather than the traditional denial couched in organization blatherskite.
Kimit Muston is an adlepated amateur who is an arrogant automaton, a blithering blatherskite.
 
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