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talkfest en · NOUN

Etymology

From talk + -fest.

Meanings

1. (informal) A session of enthusiastic discussion or gossip.
   • The regular January talkfest high in the Swiss Alps attracted an impressive list of world leaders of all political persuasions. 2024 January 19, Larry Elliott, John Collingridge, “Casting their shadow: how Trump, Putin and AI dominated talk at Davos”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • What frazzled pollsters, surly op-ed pages, snarling cable talkfests and issue-starved candidates for office need is a fresh source of hot-eyed national polarization. 2004 February 6, William Safire, “Abolish the Penny”, in The New York Times:

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