chat room

noun

: a real-time online interactive discussion group

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And producers could easily address it with a few small tweaks to the competition. chat room Mar. 7, 2025 Dylan Efron Is Still Cool With Being Known As Zac’s Brother The Traitors star is waiting for his call from Survivor now. Britina Cheng, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2025 At the start of the film, a regular in her chat room asks her for her address. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025 Something seems to be happening here that distinguishes anonymous chat rooms from other spaces in which social taboos can be lifted: the carnival, the festival, the rave. Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025 The situation has drawn comparisons to the Clubhouse app, which China blocked in 2021 after a brief period in which Chinese users freely discussed politically taboo topics in its chat rooms. Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chat room

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chat room was in 1986

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“Chat room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat%20room. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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chat room

noun
: an online interactive discussion group on the Internet

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