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Word: blabbering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...really wasn't much to talk about. Seven waves of U.S. jets pounded a fuel storage depot near Hanoi, and Ambassador to the U.N. Arthur Goldberg promised U.N. Secretary-General U Thant that America would cooperate with United Nations efforts to arrange a cease-fire in Vietnam. Blabber incoherently and swing a big stick -- that's the futile game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bombs Talk | 12/21/1966 | See Source »

...With his gadget turned up full-blast, the bleatnik goes about his pursuits with ear and mind cocked to sportscasts, disk-jockeywockey and what passes for pop music. He plods along, swinging his radio like an attaché case, or stuffs it into his shirt pocket, while the unrelenting blabber transists him like exhaust fumes. If he is using an earpiece receiver, identification may be more difficult, but there are certain telltale signs, as there are of hopheads and alcoholics: a faraway look of rapture, or just a plain, vacant stare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: The Bleatniks | 8/11/1961 | See Source »

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