Talking excessively and foolishly; rambling on without saying anything meaningful or important.
From Old Norse 'blaðra' meaning 'to talk nonsense.' The word has been used in English since the 1600s to describe pointless, annoying talk.
Vikings had a word for meaningless chatter, and we still use their word today when someone won't stop talking—English borrowed 'blather' from Norse, proving some annoying behaviors are timeless!
'Blather' has been gendered feminine in discourse—associated with frivolous female chatter; not systematically applied to male speech.
Use for any verbose/incoherent speech; actively apply to all genders equally. Avoid coded gendered language like 'nagging' vs. 'insisting.'
["rambling","incoherent","verbose"]
Women's speech has been systematically devalued as 'gossip' or 'chatter' while men's equivalent speech is 'debate' or 'discussion'—language reflects this bias.
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