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chatterati

British  
/ ˌtʃætəˈrɑtiː /

plural noun

  1. informal another word for chattering classes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chatterati

C20: from chatter + -ati as in literati

Example Sentences

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Yet critics, including myself, now feel free to weigh in anyway, and neither long distance nor review embargoes stop the busy fingers of the chatterati.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2020

Morris is correct that the current hierarchies of celebrity depend somewhat on moral valuations, elevating certain figures, such as Beyoncé, beyond criticism—at least among the professional chatterati.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2018

Still, Sondheim writes that the workshop “was not the mess the chatterati made it out to be.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2016

Maybe it’s just killing time; maybe there’s a little bit of jealousy over the speedy domination another early nay-sayer , Jeb Bush, has assumed among the chatterati since he, too, began to explore a run.

From US News ● Jan. 12, 2015

Decision Points by George W Bush Buy it from the Guardian bookshop Search the Guardian bookshop There, I've said it, and the conventional wisdom chatterati will nod amen to that.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2010

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