blague
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of blague
C19: from French
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On hearing of the Office's manifesto and list of Anglicisms, London's Punch declared it pretty gauche for the French to be talking so much blague.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Does he keep it up all the time—this blague?"
From Questionable Shapes by Howells, William Dean
Histrio all blague and blather, Is it not pity, rather, One Frenchman should foregather With him in selfish pact?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 by Various
This foolish "blague" was accompanied by a description of Edison's new "aerophone," a steam machine which carried the voice a distance of one and a half miles.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
Naples—bridal couples, love, joy of life, antiquities, modernity, liberalism, conservatism, idealism, realism, naturalism,—blague, blague, the whole thing!
From Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter by Oland, Warner
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