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chatterati

chatterati noun: people who chat, argue and debate.

Noun

chatterati pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) People who chat, argue and debate.
    • The newspaper the Guardian, together with its Sunday sister the Observer, are the liberal papers of choice among the middle-class chatterati.2002, Annabelle Sreberny, “Trauma talk,” in Journalism After September 11, Barbara Zelizer and Stuart Allan edd. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0415287995&id=zHs5FsL2pAIC&pg=PA22...
    • Perhaps some Anatolian Leigh Fermor had a bestseller among the chatterati of Topkapi with his Travels in the Egripos.2004, John Mole, It's All Greek to Me

Synonyms of chatterati

Forms of chatterati

alternative formchatteratis

Origin of chatterati

Blend of chatter + literati, attested since 1990.

Questions about chatterati

What does chatterati mean?
Chatterati means people who chat, argue and debate.
What part of speech is chatterati?
Chatterati is a noun.

Words near chatterati in the dictionary

  1. chatter marks
  2. chatter ring
  3. chatter rings
  4. chatter-basket
  5. chatter-baskets
  6. chatterati
  7. chatteration
  8. chatterations
  9. chatterbag
  10. chatterbags
  11. chatterbot

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