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chatterati

noun

Etymology

Blend of chatter + literati, attested since 1990.

  1. borrowed from līterātī
  2. compounded as chatterati — “chatter + literati”

Definitions

  1. People who chat, argue and debate.

    • Perhaps some Anatolian Leigh Fermor had a bestseller among the chatterati of Topkapi with his Travels in the Egripos.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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