chattering classes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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This proposal generated cavils in the chattering classes that it would drive home prices up to absorb the $25,000 grant, putatively keeping homes out of the reach of the beneficiaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
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
Oh, the musical’s wry assault on the seduction of material success and quest for approval of the fickle chattering classes is still apparent.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 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
“Strong ‘overheard on the Acela’ energy,” Rosie Gray, a BuzzFeed News reporter, wrote on Twitter, referring to the Amtrak express train that whooshes the chattering classes between New York and Washington.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
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