Most of those views, like his language"marplot," "whilst," "burthen," "blatherskite," "milch cows" have a 19th century texture.
Eastman sees Russian letters now as "a mirthless desert waste inhabited by a few sincere fanatics and a horde of unexampled experts in bootlick, blackmail and blatherskite.
Another actor in the Aiken episode is Senator Cole Blease, alert blatherskite, who last week announced that he would defend Aiken County against damage suits which are to be .