| ??? 08/09/07 17:16 Read: times |
#143004 - Blither Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Joseph Hebert said:
My favorite is
The computer is a blithering idiot. It's only useful because it can blither about a buh-jillion times a second. I've yet to discover just what "blithering" is, but from the context I infer that it requires no intelligence. ;) Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary said:
blithering idiot
noun [C] OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL an extremely stupid person http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.as...&dict=CALD "To Blither" as a verb in your quote is, presumably, a humourous back-formation from "Blithering Idiot". I don't think "blithering" is a real word in its own right - just like "buh-jillion" |
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| design | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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| My favorite ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Blither | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| re: blither | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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| Dictionary | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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