gabfest slang (chiefly U.S.).
(ˈgæbfɛst)
[f. gab n.2 + fest.]
A gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation.
| 1897 Boston Transcript 7 Jan. 15/7 A Chicago paper speaks of the speechmaking on Andrew Jackson's day as ‘the Democratic gabfest’. 1910 W. M. Raine B. O'Connor 101 I'll leave you and your jelly fish Scotty to your gabfest. 1942 J. D. Carr Seat of Scornful xi. 147 When can I come and see you for a bit of gabfest about this business? 1960 Spectator 30 Sept. 470 A shambles as big as the Labour gabfest. 1971 ‘D. Cory’ Sunburst v. 78 A watching brief on the Common Market gabfest. |