ˈbəndə(r)ˌlȯg, -läg noun
( plural bandar-log or bandar-logs )
Etymology: Hindi bā̃dar monkey + log people; from the portrayal of the monkey race as chatterers and poseurs in the jungle stories of Rudyard Kipling died 1936 English writer — more at log
: a vacuous chattering person
he's evidently picked up some congenial bandar-logs — Booth Tarkington