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blague
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Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.
noun blagues
- Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it. The difference is this: one may be obliged to maintain a falsehood from feelings of pride or self-respect, but a blague can be given up without a scruple.
verb blagues · blaguing · blagued
- To utter blague; to tell a falsehood that no one seriously believes; to bullshit. "Yes," said Farnham, "so the woman told me, and she added that they were authentic of the twelfth century. asked her if she could not throw off a century or two in consideration of the hard times, and she laughed, and said I blagued, and honestly she didn't know how old they were, but it was dro^le,
Talk about this word "blague." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blague. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blague. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blague "blague." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blague.
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@misc{blague_2026,
title = {blague},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blague},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
