Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The flexible air-filled chamber of a bagpipe or similar instrument.
- noun Slang A talkative person who communicates nothing of substance or interest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bag filled with wind; hence, a person of mere words; a noisy, empty pretender.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic Bellows for an organ.
- noun mildly derogatory someone who
talks excessively
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
Etymologies
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Examples
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So perhaps the father, brother/sister, or some important windbag from the banquet/ceremony conspires to banish him to the earth world and be rid of the boy forever?
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Burnsauce Johnson’s Review Forum 2009
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Does it sound like this irrelevant windbag is trying to pull together facts to otherwise justify her racist beliefs?
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A windbag tied to another windbag is not exactly a good thing.
Carville: Gore would make a great vice president...again 2008
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#64 — The mighty windbag is back spewing her nonsense.
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The style of mighty windbag is virtually identical to MrWrong, as is much of the grammar and tactics.
Think Progress » Kristol: “One or More Indictments in the Next Three Weeks†2005
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The problem with the windbag is that she sees this as a ‘game’, and something she wants to ‘win’.
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Unfortunately that windbag is from my homtown. i wanted to share a very funny commnet from oanother blog on your main topic:
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The style of mighty windbag is virtually identical to MrWrong, as is much of the grammar and tactics.
Think Progress » Kristol: “One or More Indictments in the Next Three Weeks†2005
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Hate blinds everything, and miss windbag is stumbling over ManCoulter’s schlong …
Think Progress » Powerline: The “Dumbest Bit of Political Analysis” We’ve Seen in a Long Time 2005
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As you headed for the door you were already being called a windbag and a bore.
kewpid commented on the word windbag
Wow, WeirdNet is 100% spot on on windbags.
January 28, 2009
reesetee commented on the word windbag
That's odd. WeirdNet, are you feeling okay?
January 28, 2009