conflabn.
/ˈkɒnflab/ colloquial (chiefly U.S.).
= confab n.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat
confabulationc1450
device1490
chat1573
tittle-tattle?c1640
small talk1650
confab1701
chit-chat1710
jaw1748
small-talking1786
prose1787
rap1787
coze1804
talky-talky1812
clack1813
chit-chatting1823
cozey1837
gossip1849
mardlea1852
yarn1857
conflab1873
chinwag1879
chopsing1879
cooze1880
chatting1884
schmoozing1884
talky-talk1884
pitch1888
schmooze1895
coosy1903
wongi1929
yap1930
kibitz1931
natter1943
old talk1956
jaw-jaw1958
yacking1959
ole talk1964
rapping1967
1873 Winfield (Kansas) Courier 7 Aug. 3/1 ‘Conflabs’ lively among the lawyers.
1928 H. Crane Let. c25 Dec. (1965) 332 After a day or two in conflab with some of these natives one does tend to lose one's ‘middle-western accent’.
1942 Amer. Speech 17 283/2 To attend..conflabs with other schools.
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