chattering class

American  

noun

1. well-educated members of the upper-middle or upper class who freely express especially liberal opinions or judgments on current issues and events.

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Etymology

Origin of chattering class

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Perhaps it’s Perry’s willingness to stick up for himself, and by extension his clients — guilty or not, they’re the victims of vituperative racism among the city’s chattering class — that revs her engine.

From New York Times

In a span of barely 100 hours, the voices of the chattering class went from narcissistic reflection about fandom's complicity in the sport's recreational violence to a collective clapback at the remarkable triumph of humanity.

From Salon

Pre-election, the political chattering class was awash in hand-wringing prognostication that Latino voters were turned off by progressive positions and thus slipping away from Democrats.

From Salon

At the beginning of last week, the general assumption in the Beltway chattering class was that the midterm elections would be a "red wave," leading to Republicans taking over state governments, the Senate and a healthy majority in the House of more than 20 seats.

From Salon

“He’s got to take his message above and beyond the national press, and the chattering class of the northeastern corridor,” said Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster.

From Seattle Times