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A.Word.A.Day--bloviate bloviate (BLO-vee-ayt) verb intr. To speak pompously. [Pseudo-Latin alteration of blow, to boast; popularized by 29th US President, Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).] "The Legislature bloviates about protecting our youth and being sure that no one is left behind. But at the first sign of trouble, it's showing indications that it's more concerned with politics than education." Backing Off in Albany, The Buffalo News, Nov 8, 1999. This week's theme: words with presidential connections. X-Bonus Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

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