Tuesday, July 6, 2010

#187 burble

burble- a bubbling or gurgling sound; a flow of excited speech

- C14 of imitative origin; Spanish borbollar- to bubble, gush; Italian borbugliare

The latest burble from the TV talking heads this morning now suggests that he is delaying his resignation as leverage for a favorable plea.

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