gabstern.
/ˈɡabstə/, U.S. /ˈɡæbstər/, Australian English /ˈɡæbstə/ colloquial.
1. An eloquent or artfully persuasive speaker; a person with the gift of the gab. Also more generally: any talkative person; a chatterer; a gossip. Cf. gabber n.3 Now somewhat archaic.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person
chaterestrea1250
jangler1303
babbler1366
blabbererc1375
jangleressc1386
talkerc1386
clatterer1388
cacklera1400
languager1436
carperc1440
mamblerc1450
praterc1500
jackdaw?1520
chewet1546
flibbertigibbet1549
clatterfart1552
patterer1552
piec1557
long tongue?1562
prattler1567
piet1574
twattler1577
brawler1581
nimble-chops1581
pratepie1582
roita1585
whittera1585
full-mouth1589
interprater1591
chatterer1592
pianet1594
bablatrice1595
parakeet1598
Bow-bell cockney1600
prattle-basket1602
bagpipe1603
worder1606
babliaminy1608
chougha1616
gabbler1624
blatterer1627
magpie1632
prate-apace1636
rattlea1637
clack1640
blateroon1647
overtalker1654
prate-roast1671
prattle-box1671
babelard1678
twattle-basket1688
mouth1699
tongue-pad1699
chatterista1704
rattler1709
morologist1727
chatterbox1774
palaverer1788
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
slangwhanger1807
nash-gab1816
pump1823
windbag1827
big mouth1834
gasbag1841
chattermag1844
tattle-monger1848
rattletrap1850
gasser1855
mouth almighty1864
clucker1869
talky-talky1869
gabster1870
loudmouth1870
tonguester1871
palaverista1873
mag1876
jawsmith1887
spieler1894
twitterer1895
yabbler1901
wordster1904
poofter1916
blatherer1920
ear-bender1922
burbler1923
woofer1934
ear-basher1944
motormouth1955
yacker1960
yammerer1978
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1870 Republican Daily Jrnl. (Lawrence, Kansas) 15 Feb. They [sc. literary and scientific organizations] have mostly been seized upon by charlatans and gabsters (if there is no such word there ought to be).
1890 Clarence & Richmond Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 2 Sept. 4/3 They lend their ears to every glib-tongued gabster who requires the loan of them.
1918 ‘B. MacNamara’ Valley of Squinting Windows (1920) xii. 98 She had fancied Mrs. Brennan..as a gabster.
1953 G. Heyer Cotillion xx. 328 Silly fellow flew into his high ropes: never met such a gabster in my life!
2012 Independent (Nexis) 1 Dec. (Mag.) 10 He seems a gabster and a nosey parker.
2. Chiefly U.S. and Australian. A radio presenter, esp. a talk radio host.
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1939 Time 10 July 40/2 Lux Radio Theatre, CBS... Hollywood Gabster George McCall.
1952 Billboard 5 July 6/5 Gabster Barry Gray takes a summer vacation from WMCA.
1986 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 2 Sept. 22 He was an early morning gabster for 2GB.
2004 U.S. News & World Rep. 2 Aug. 16/3 Clear Channel, known for canning deliberately provocative gabster Howard Stern from its radio stations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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