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the slumber party was an all-night gabfest filled with gossip, giggling, and whispered secrets
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Recent Examples of gabfest
And his Julie Delpy–Ethan Hawke romantic gabfests Before Sunset and Before Midnight were nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars in 2004 and 2015, respectively.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Among the content coming to Netflix beginning early next year will be The Bill Simmons Podcast, the cinema-nerd gabfest The Rewatchables and The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
In the period of late night's rapid expansion, Showtime's gabfest stood out for pure personality and low-key conversational charm.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022
Now comes the hard part: hosting a global gabfest, without the toxicity.
—Steven Levy, Wired, 17 Mar. 2021
Third quarter, here’s Bob Myers dropping into the TV gabfest.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2020
Calls can last for up to 24 hours (quite the gabfest), and are encrypted and password-protected.
—Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 6 July 2020
But there are only so many airings of marbles races, old games and gabfests about the April 23–25 NFL draft—an event that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels as significant as a speck of sand—that viewers can take.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Apr. 2020
Chris Lee, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Among the content coming to Netflix beginning early next year will be The Bill Simmons Podcast, the cinema-nerd gabfest The Rewatchables and The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
In the period of late night's rapid expansion, Showtime's gabfest stood out for pure personality and low-key conversational charm.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022
Now comes the hard part: hosting a global gabfest, without the toxicity.
—Steven Levy, Wired, 17 Mar. 2021
Third quarter, here’s Bob Myers dropping into the TV gabfest.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2020
Calls can last for up to 24 hours (quite the gabfest), and are encrypted and password-protected.
—Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 6 July 2020
But there are only so many airings of marbles races, old games and gabfests about the April 23–25 NFL draft—an event that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels as significant as a speck of sand—that viewers can take.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gabfest
Noun
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The Inn stays shut during winter and ‘pack ice’ season, which some locals will tell you is the most beautiful time of all—for snowmobiling and snowshoeing through the Island’s interior by day, and come evening, getting invited into someone's warm shed for a tipple and a chat.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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May 21 – June 20 A random chat could inspire you to make smarter moves.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Like all the best restaurants in Rome, Piatto Romano welcomes a steady stream of Italians for lunch and dinner, who fill the restaurant with chatter and laughter.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and an unidentified associate leaked online.—
Kyle Eustice,
VIBE.com,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the proposal was full of cartoonishly goofy faux spy talk.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pakistan said Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will send top diplomats to Islamabad for talks aimed at ending the war, arriving Sunday for a two-day visit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The chitchat Dana makes with Emma about working through COVID is also revealing.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Just search The Outside Podcast on YouTube to enjoy these chitchats with your eyes as well as your ears.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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