vapor

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The Word of the Day for July 28 is:

vapor   \VAY-per\   verb 
     1 a : to rise or pass off in vapor  b : to emit vapor  
    *2 : to indulge in bragging, blustering, or idle talk

Example sentence:
     Team members vapored all week about how they were going to steamroller the 
opposing team, but come crunch time they failed to produce. 

Did you know?
     Speakers of the English language, mindful of the lightness and 
unsubstantiality of floating air and gas, have put several airy words to good 
use over the years to describe the act of talking idly or boastfully. The 
earliest such word is "blow" (as in "he kept blowing about his new job"), which 
drifted into English sometime about 1400. "Vapor" wafted into the language in 
1628, and a little over 200 years later "windbags," later also known as 
"gasbags," not only blew and vapored but also "gassed" about anything they 
could.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.