talkfestn.

Etymology: < talk n. or talk v. + fest n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtalkfest.

slang (chiefly U.S.).

A session of lengthy discussion or conversation, a ‘talkathon’. Cf. gabfest n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > lengthy

gabfest1895

talkfest1906

talkathon1934

talk-out1965

1906 S. Ford Shorty McCabe ii. 36 Perhaps it'll be the grand annual ball of the Truck Drivers' Association, or just one of them Anarchist talkfests in the back room of some beer parlor.

1928 W. A. White Masks in Pageant 247 He stepped naturally into supremacy at that talkfest [sc. a political convention] because he had been training for his famous speech.

1948 Sun (Baltimore) 18 June 19/4 (heading) County boy, girl win in 4-H ‘talkfest’.

1961 B. Pike Robert Musil viii. 167 Action is somehow made to seem irrelevant and trivial in this enormous talkfest.

1972 J. Potts Trouble-maker vii. 50 She wanted no part of the talkfest that was sure to occupy her fellow guests.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	talkfest
释义	talkfestn. Etymology: < talk n. or talk v. + fest n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtalkfest. slang (chiefly U.S.). A session of lengthy discussion or conversation, a ‘talkathon’. Cf. gabfest n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > lengthy gabfest1895 talkfest1906 talkathon1934 talk-out1965 1906 S. Ford Shorty McCabe ii. 36 Perhaps it'll be the grand annual ball of the Truck Drivers' Association, or just one of them Anarchist talkfests in the back room of some beer parlor. 1928 W. A. White Masks in Pageant 247 He stepped naturally into supremacy at that talkfest [sc. a political convention] because he had been training for his famous speech. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 18 June 19/4 (heading) County boy, girl win in 4-H ‘talkfest’. 1961 B. Pike Robert Musil viii. 167 Action is somehow made to seem irrelevant and trivial in this enormous talkfest. 1972 J. Potts Trouble-maker vii. 50 She wanted no part of the talkfest that was sure to occupy her fellow guests. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1906
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