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yackety-yak

noun

Etymology

Resembles yak (“to chatter”) + -ety or yacket + -y with reduplication; all are ultimately imitative or sound-symbolic in origin.

  1. borrowed from གཡག
  2. suffixed as yackety-yak — “yak + -ety”

Definitions

  1. prolonged chatter

    prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip

  2. To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA