Recent Examples on the WebDuring the winter months, Roam hosted a weekly chat room highlighting a number of outdoor industry topics, from photography with Chris Burkhard to a series of panelists sharing their outdoor career stories.Outside Online, 31 Aug. 2021 Prior to opening fire at a supermarket in a predominantly Black area in Buffalo, the suspect appears to have hinted at his plans on 4chan and to have created a private chat room on Discord. Brian Fung, CNN, 18 May 2022 Unbeknownst to each other, Sam (Princetongirl) and Austin (Nomad), a popular boy at her school, meet and click on an anonymous online chat room, making plans to finally meet at the school dance. Nitya Rao, Seventeen, 20 July 2022 In his tip to the police, Thiele quoted McLeod from a private chat room for his fans. Marisa Kabas, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2022 Two officials said the individuals talked via an online chat room where racist hatred was discussed.Essence, 17 May 2022 The writer’s group server felt like an old-school chat room, but with multiple channels segmenting out different conversations that folks were having. Brianna Dym, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2022 Assume everyone in the chat room is only looking after their best interests and not yours. Ryan Pannell, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The hacking group, dubbed LAPSUS$, floated the offer to any interested buyers on Monday in the group’s public chat room. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1986, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
chat room
noun
: a Web site or computer program that allows people to send messages to each other instantly over the Internet