filibuster (FIL-uh-bus-tuhr) verb tr., intr.

   1. To block or delay the passage of legislation, especially by making prolonged irrelevant speeches.

   2. To block or delay something.

noun: Such a delaying tactic.

[Filibuster was another name for pirates in the "Golden Age of Piracy", from roughly 1650 to 1720. From Spanish filibustero, from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter (freebooter or pirate).]

-Guest Wordsmith John (Ol' Chumbucket) Baur (chumbucketATtalklikeapirate.com)

  "Anyway, [the megaphone] came in handy. For while the public address system filibustered, Mortlake filled in."
   -Geoffrey Mortlake; Megaphone Diplomacy Helps Crowd But Baffles Tony; The Observer (London, UK); Aug 27, 2006.
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