back-chatn.

Etymology: ? originally soldiers' slang; < back- comb. form 1c(g)(iii) + chat n.¹

colloquial.

Impertinent or impudent replies, esp. to a superior; abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk; repartee. Cf. back-answer at back- comb. form 1c(g)(iii) and back-talk v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > regarded as impertinent

back-answer1626

back-talk1858

back-chat1901

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > speech

sauce malapert1529

petulancea1652

jaw1748

snash1786

slack-jaw1797

slang1805

gob1807

lip1821

cheek1825

slack1825

sass1841

back-talk1858

back sass1883

mouth1891

slack lip1899

back-chat1901

chin1902

slop1952

1901 Subaltern's Lett. Wife 108 ‘That'll do, Sergeant Jones’, I heard one of our colonial officers remark; ‘I don't want any more of your back-chat.’

1922 Daily Mail 31 Oct. 9 It was very amusing to hear public men described as ‘cabin boys’ and ‘kitchen staff’; it was what children described as ‘calling names’ and soldiers ‘back-chat’.

1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona viii. 82 ‘Here you are, you blackmailing thief.’ ‘None of your back-chat..’ said the taximan.

1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 36 I'd extemporize back-chat, I knew how to gag.

Derivatives

back-chat v. intransitive, to use back-chat (to).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] > use impudent language

to have drunk of sauce's cup?1499

to have eaten sauce?1499

snash1802

to give cheek1825

sass1866

to talk back1869

back-chat1927

back-talk1934

1927 H. V. Morton in Daily Express 27 Apr. 11 No one back-chats to a Pacific [sc. railway engine] except a very shabby tank.

1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace vi. 27 The bright, jostling back-chatting world of men.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	back-chat
释义	back-chatn. Etymology: ? originally soldiers' slang; < back- comb. form 1c(g)(iii) + chat n.¹ colloquial. Impertinent or impudent replies, esp. to a superior; abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk; repartee. Cf. back-answer at back- comb. form 1c(g)(iii) and back-talk v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > regarded as impertinent back-answer1626 back-talk1858 back-chat1901 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > speech sauce malapert1529 petulancea1652 jaw1748 snash1786 slack-jaw1797 slang1805 gob1807 lip1821 cheek1825 slack1825 sass1841 back-talk1858 back sass1883 mouth1891 slack lip1899 back-chat1901 chin1902 slop1952 1901 Subaltern's Lett. Wife 108 ‘That'll do, Sergeant Jones’, I heard one of our colonial officers remark; ‘I don't want any more of your back-chat.’ 1922 Daily Mail 31 Oct. 9 It was very amusing to hear public men described as ‘cabin boys’ and ‘kitchen staff’; it was what children described as ‘calling names’ and soldiers ‘back-chat’. 1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona viii. 82 ‘Here you are, you blackmailing thief.’ ‘None of your back-chat..’ said the taximan. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 36 I'd extemporize back-chat, I knew how to gag. Derivatives back-chat v. intransitive, to use back-chat (to). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] > use impudent language to have drunk of sauce's cup?1499 to have eaten sauce?1499 snash1802 to give cheek1825 sass1866 to talk back1869 back-chat1927 back-talk1934 1927 H. V. Morton in Daily Express 27 Apr. 11 No one back-chats to a Pacific [sc. railway engine] except a very shabby tank. 1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace vi. 27 The bright, jostling back-chatting world of men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1901
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