prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music
(noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither
(verb) to talk foolishly; “The two women babbled and crooned at the baby”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blether (countable and uncountable, plural blethers)
(especially, northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of blather
blether (third-person singular simple present blethers, present participle blethering, simple past and past participle blethered)
(especially, northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of blather
• Helbert, herblet
Source: Wiktionary
11 March 2025
(noun) an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
