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con⋅fab

  [n. kon-fab; v. kuhn-fab, kon-fab] noun, verb, -fabbed, -fab⋅bing. Informal.
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–noun
1. a confabulation.
–verb (used without object)
2. to confabulate: They spent the morning confabbing over coffee in my office.
Origin:
1695–1705; by shortening
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con·fab   (kŏn'fāb')   
n.  A casual talk; confabulation.
intr.v.   (kən-fāb', kŏn'fāb') con·fabbed, con·fab·bing, con·fabs
To engage in casual talk.
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Word Origin & History

confab 
1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation "taking together," from L. confabulari, from con- "together" + fabulari "to chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
confab
confabulation
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