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talkee-talkee

talkee-talkee is the alternative form of talky-talky.

Meaning of talky-talky

Noun

talky-talky (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Talk; chatter; fruitless discussion.
    • “I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […]1911, Alexander MacDonald, The Invisible Island: A Story of the Far North of Queensland, page 105

Noun

talkee-talkee (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A creole, especially the Anglo-Dutch language spoken in Demerara and elsewhere in what is now Guyana and Suriname.
    • The talkee-talkee of the slaves in the sugar islands, as it is called, will prevail at Surinam, and become the language of Guiana. They have a printed bible in it already.1810 December 5, Robert Southey, “To John May, Esq.”, in John Wood Warter, editor, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, published 1856, page 206
    • The talkee-talkee of a North-American Indian, and the song of Deborah, might each have stood as the model.1854, Samuel Phillips, A second Series of Essays from "the Times", page 280

Forms of talkee-talkee

alternative formTaki-taki
alternative formtalkie-talkie

Origin of talkee-talkee

Reduplicated diminutive talk + -ee. Compare Dutch takitaki (“pejorative term for Sranan Tongo”), Sranan Tongo takitaki (“to jabber, to chatter; chatter, idle talk”).

Questions about talkee-talkee

What does talkee-talkee mean?
Talkee-talkee means a creole, especially the Anglo-Dutch language spoken in Demerara and elsewhere in what is now Guyana and Suriname.
What is talkee-talkee the alternative form of?
Talkee-talkee is the alternative form of talky-talky.
What part of speech is talkee-talkee?
Talkee-talkee is a noun.

Words near talkee-talkee in the dictionary

  1. talked truth to power
  2. talked turkey
  3. talked up
  4. talkedst
  5. talkee
  6. talkee-talkee
  7. talkees
  8. Talkeetna
  9. talker
  10. talkers
  11. talkest

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