bloviate

bloviate \BLOH-vee-ayt\, intransitive verb:
To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.

What a lovely word.

So a pirate walks into a bar with a big ship's wheel on his belt buckle. The bartender says "Hey, you've got a big ship's wheel on your belt buckle." The pirate says "Arrrr, I know. It's driving me nuts."

'Joke' courtesy of back-to-student-land brother.

Mag's finished and there's no swell. I hardly know what to do with myself.