Windbag

Windbag

A windbag is a person who talks too much.

Welsh Windbag

Welsh Windbag is a derogatory term for a Welsh person, used mostly by English people. Neil Kinnock was nicknamed the "Welsh Windbag", although it had been applied to many Welsh people before him, for instance Dylan Thomas, Aneurin Bevan and Kenneth Griffith.

It should be noted that the term "Welsh Wizard" has been used when being complimentary about a welshman. This was a nickname for Lloyd George, a UK Prime Minister in the early 20th century. It has been used for others, such as when footballer Ryan Giggs scores a memorable goal.

Given the above, its origin seems simply to be alliterative, with a positive or negative word beginning with W being selected dependent on the speaker's intent.

ee also

*Public speaking
*Gossip
*Bellows


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  • windbag — (n.) late 15c., bellows for an organ, from WIND (Cf. wind) (n.1) + BAG (Cf. bag) (n.). Figurative sense of person who talks too much is attested from 1827 …   Etymology dictionary

  • windbag — [n] bigmouth, chatterer bag of wind*, big talker*, blabberer, blowhard*, boaster, braggart, bragger, gasbag*, gascon*, jabberer, know it all, motor mouth*; concepts 412,423 …   New thesaurus

  • windbag — ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who talks a lot but says little of any value …   English terms dictionary

  • windbag — [wind′bag΄] n. Informal a person who talks much and pretentiously but says little of importance …   English World dictionary

  • windbag — UK [ˈwɪndˌbæɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms windbag : singular windbag plural windbags informal someone who talks too much in a boring way …   English dictionary

  • windbag — /ˈwɪndbæg / (say windbag) noun 1. Colloquial an empty, voluble, pretentious talker: *He was a likeable fellow, Ern, but very poorly educated, a windbag, inclined, with great assurance and whether you asked for it or not, to give you the benefit… …  

  • windbag — {n.} Someone who talks too much; a boring person. * /Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • windbag — {n.} Someone who talks too much; a boring person. * /Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • windbag — n Someone who talks too much. That old windbag never stops talking about himself. 1890s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • windbag — noun Someone who talks too much; a boring person. Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag …   Словарь американских идиом

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