gabfest

English

Etymology

gab +‎ -fest

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/

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Noun

gabfest (plural gabfests)

1. (slang, chiefly US) An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.
   • 2002 July 29, Shashi Tharoor, “In Defense of Gabfests”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     But he could as well have been talking about the confabulations of the food summit in Rome earlier this year or the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg next month. I have no doubt critics are dusting off the cliches for that one, preparing to denounce one more gabfest.

   • 2002, Trudeau (miniseries)

     Oh, we've been talking about constitutional reform since 1927. I've been going to these gabfests since the fifties.

Synonyms

• chatfest
• talkfest

Translations

an occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length

• Bulgarian: седянка (bg) f (sedjanka)