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chatmate

noun

Etymology

From chat + mate.

  1. derived from *gamatjô✻
  2. derived from gimato
  3. derived from mate — “messmate”
  4. inherited from mate
  5. compounded as chatmate — “chat + mate”

Definitions

  1. A friend or acquaintance through Internet chat.

    • Make sure that your kids are well informed, that they use good judgment, and that they never, ever arrange to meet a chatmate without your supervision.
    • Mobile chat subscribers, meanwhile, enjoy meeting chatmates and new friends. For them, chatting with strangers is exciting, entertaining and a kind of adventure.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chatmate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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