Then, in the late 1990s, "bloviate" began a dramatic comeback, most likely in response to the sheer pervasiveness of political yammer.
He over-enunciates fancy words like "opine" and "bloviate" itself, with the implication that there would be something genuinely pretentious about saying them straight.
Yet still, they walk free and bloviate endlessly as if they have some higher ground.
Those stump-speech declamations soon fell victim to radio and the modern fashion for naturalness and informality, taking "bloviate" along with it.
So "bloviate" was summoned back to life, but in a new guise.
There's no "correct" way to use "bloviate" -- it was never a real word to begin with.
