ear-bashern.
/ˈɪəˌbaʃə/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌbæʃər/, Australian English /ˈɪəˌbæʃə/ slang (chiefly Australian).
A person who talks excessively; a bore.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person
chaterestrea1250
jangler1303
babbler1366
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talkerc1386
clatterer1388
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languager1436
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praterc1500
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long tongue?1562
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twattler1577
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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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1944 E. Locke From Shore to Shore 25 Listen to the champ ‘earbasher's’ din.
1956 S. Hope Diggers' Paradise xvii. 157 Most golf clubs have a share of ‘ear-bashers’ as the Aussies call the type who verbally replay their strokes ad nauseum [sic] at the ‘nineteenth’.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 32 Ear-basher, one who talks too much; a garrulous person.
1984 Sunday Independent (Perth) 26 Feb. 16/6 Now he's a middle-aged, overweight earbasher who drinks too much and hustles old acquaintances for hours.
2002 Northcote (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 13 Feb. 7 I'm a bit of an ear basher so I like stopping in the street when I see someone I know.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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