Originally Posted by
spleener
Etymologically interesting choice of tail registrations...
BLAM : [v]: to avoid censure, to pass blame onto other[s].... [n] : [modern] a loud report, a blindside.....
BLAB: [v]: to gossip without reserve or discretion, to prattle .... [n]: one who blabs, a telltale, gossiper, a babbler......
Quite.
Entomologically speaking: you are correct grasshopper.