balatron

noun

1. A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.

   If we are "students of the Balatronic dialect" — a dialect so called from the "Balatrons" or professional buffons who invented most of it — we shall perhaps refer to its users as: — "Blunderkins, having their heads stuffed with nought but balderdash.

Where it comes from

From Latin balatrō (“jester, buffoon”). Cognate with Galician baladrón, Spanish baladrón, both meaning "braggart".

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry balatron (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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