gabfest

noun

gabfest

noun

US /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/

Etymology From gab + -fest.

1

US, Slang An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.

  • 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 July 29, Shashi Tharoor, “In Defense of Gabfests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • Oh, we've been talking about constitutional reform since 1927. I've been going to these gabfests since the fifties.2002, Trudeau (miniseries)
Synonyms
chatfest, talkfest

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