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confabbing
con·fab
/
n.
ˈkɒn
fæb;
v.
kənˈfæb, ˈkɒn
fæb
/
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[
n.
kon
-fab;
v.
k
uh
n-
fab
,
kon
-fab
]
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noun,
verb,
con·fabbed,
con·fab·bing.
Informal.
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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confab
(ˈkɒnfæb)
—
n
1.
a conversation or chat
—
vb
,
-fabs
,
-fabbing
,
-fabbed
2.
(
intr
) to converse
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
confab
1701, colloquial shortening of
confabulation
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
confab
confabulation
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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