gabfest
Americannoun
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a gathering at which there is a great deal of conversation.
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a long conversation.
noun
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prolonged gossiping or conversation
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an informal gathering for conversation
Etymology
Origin of gabfest
Example Sentences
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Perhaps no show has generated as many headlines lately as “The Pat McAfee Show,” a lunchtime gabfest featuring beefy men in neon tank tops.
From New York Times
The gabfest at the Swiss ski resort, just a month after the latest U.N. climate conference, wasn’t likely to push forward the effort to battle global warming.
From Seattle Times
The World Economic Forum, which opens Tuesday and runs through Friday, is an annual gabfest of business, political and other elites in the Alpine snows of Davos, Switzerland.
From Seattle Times
Valderrama also carved out a niche in D.C.’s media landscape far removed from Sunday political gabfests: “The Slab Hour,” an internet radio show broadcast from a Georgia Avenue studio.
From Washington Post
Familiarity — not anything newfangled — is what brings audiences back for seconds, or in the case of ABC’s gabfest, “The View,” 26ths.
From Washington Post
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