Though dictionaries today spell it blatherskite, the meaning remains the same as in the late 18th century: nonsense.    From LearnThat.org.  [http://www.npri.org/publications/blatherskite]

I think the word you are looking for is blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Highlights From Tony Snow’s First Press Gaggle] Reference

"It's a thundering lie, you miserable old blatherskite!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Pudd'nhead Wilson] Reference

And then there are the funny ones such as ning nong, doofus, blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Etymology – the origins of words « Write Anything] Reference

Perot, whose preferred rhetorical mode is the murky expostulation, is what used to be called a blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Veep And The Blatherskite] Reference

The Tyler Telegram humbly apologizes for having called that wide-lipped blatherskite, T. DeWitt Talmadge, "a religious faker.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

Never in jail before, was you, old blatherskite, say?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Poetical Works] Reference

"Quit your blatting, you infernal blatherskite," he was calling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nonsense Novels] Reference

And blessed with the gift of rapid response blatherskite, doggone it.    From Wordnik.com.  [corrente SBL] Reference

Tommie Watson is perhaps the most intolerant and narrow-brained little blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10] Reference

The Confederate Major was of the class referred to in polite American parlance, as a "blatherskite.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War] Reference

"Maurice's Jabberwock will begin with his blatherskite nonsense -- it will be something to pass the time.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Prince Fortunatus] Reference

The Canadian list includes bag of wind, blatherskite, fuddle duddle, sleazebag, scuzzball and weathervane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

"You compare me with that -- er -- blatherskite?" he asked, conscious as he spoke that her logic was irrefutable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Law-Breakers and Other Stories] Reference

"Elizabeth is such a little blatherskite," she reflected, good - naturedly, "the boy doesn't get a chance to talk to me!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Iron Woman] Reference

40 Responses to “Hayes on Moore” blatherskite Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Hayes on Moore] Reference

(a blatherskite whose name I have forgotten) next spoke.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Liberian Exodus. An Account of Voyage of the First Emigrants in the Bark "Azor," and Their Reception at Monrovia, with a Description of Liberia--Its Customs and Civilization, Romances and Prospects.] Reference

"Think of the smartness and coolness of that blatherskite!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Sawyer, Detective] Reference

"That old blatherskite!" said Ulysses to himself, "is in love with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel] Reference

"This young blatherskite here," he began, in a voice that caused the rafters to shake, "has been trespassing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scotch Twins] Reference

"I always liked Gifford as a boy," he said; "he was such a manly fellow, and no blatherskite, talking his elders to death.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Ward, Preacher] Reference

He was sitting with his elbows on his knees, clutching his cheeks as though he had the toothache.) “Oh, stow yer blatherskite!”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australia Felix] Reference

Still very, very funny. blatherskite Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Peretz Versus Walt] Reference

24 Responses to “Pro-Choice Rudy” blatherskite Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Choice Rudy] Reference

20 Responses to “The Case for Dictatorship” blatherskite Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Case for Dictatorship] Reference

Boller a young blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forty years a fur trader on the upper Missouri: the personal narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872] Reference

Billings is just a blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Fringe of the Great Fight] Reference

What's all that blatherskite, any old way?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916] Reference

Reply blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: We Can Be Heroes] Reference

Blathering blatherskite!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cool Stuff: “Epic Misney” Disney/Marvel Mash-Up | /Film] Reference

The coulrophobic blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [A thelemic gallimaufry] Reference

Posted by blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Backer Questions Hillary's Electability -- Because Of Bill] Reference

"There, you blatherskite!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life] Reference

"Pigeon-livered blatherskite!.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference

"Hush, ye blatherskite!" hissed another.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras] Reference

You have had every advantage; he is a-- er -- blatherskite.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Law-Breakers and Other Stories] Reference