Blobber

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who sobs noisily and openly, often with a wet, gurgling sound
2. Someone who weeps loudly and shapelessly, making a show of crying
3. One given to blubbering, who lets out loud, unrestrained sobs

Etymology: "Blobber" is a plain formation: the noun "blob" with the agent suffix "-er" attached, so it denotes something or someone that blobs. The base word "blob" is the more interesting half, since it names a soft, shapeless lump, and the suffix simply turns that action or object into a doer or a thing that does it. The word is therefore transparent in a way many English words are not. A reader who knows "blob" and the common "-er" ending can work out its sense without a dictionary, and the combination follows the same pattern as older formations built on a noun plus "-er" to name a person or device.