Sorry Niki, now we completely agree with you!

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post, "Completely agree except for .........!"

Clare,

Not necessarily intended for publication - unless you want to - but "bloviated" is an English word, albeit not a common one. I believe it's an archaic colloquialism for "arrogant" and derives from the synthetic verb "to bloviate" - meaning, essentially, to give one's opinions arrogantly and sanctimoniously. I think it was coined by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland.
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Dear Anonymous:

Thank you for writing. Certainly sounds like Niki chose the correct descriptive after all.

Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk