Cornelius Vanderbilt was notoriously hard on his son, William Vanderbilt (who was mentioned in today's documentary, doubled his father's fortune etc). I found an interesting article that mention the elder Vanderbilt's favorite insults toward William was to call him a "blockhead" and a "blatherskite."
Kudos to who can drop "blatherskite" in class tomorrow. First, figure out what it means!
Good hunting for knowledge!
This is actually a pretty useful word (I think I'm going to start using it from now on). According to google, it means, "a person who talks at great length without making much sense."
ReplyDeleteKinda sounds like any teacher you've ever disliked...