chattering classes

British  

plural noun

1. informal the educated sections of society, considered as enjoying discussion of political, social, and cultural issues

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Example Sentences

The senior staff in Newsnight are depicted as out of touch, patronising and part of the entitled chattering classes, when they're berated by Sam McAlister for "mistaking talking to ourselves for news".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

What turned Bankman-Fried into a darling of the chattering classes in finance, journalism and politics is hard to fathom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

And the intensity of the Twitter experience, with its rapid-fire feed assaulting users with contextless, endlessly juxtaposed textbites, has limited its appeal beyond the chattering classes.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

For at least six years, the mainstream news media and the chattering classes have at best ignored us, or decried our warnings as hyperbolic and ridiculous.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2022

But as with many a CBS procedural, the show’s popularity, and pedigree, belie the relative lack of attention it has received from the chattering classes.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2021