Confab
[noun kon-fab; verb kuh n-fab, kon-fab] /noun ˈkɒn fæb; verb kənˈfæb, ˈkɒn fæb/ Informal.
noun
1.
a confabulation.
verb (used without object), confabbed, confabbing.
2.
to confabulate:
They spent the morning confabbing over coffee in my office.
/ˈkɒnfæb/
noun
1.
a conversation or chat
verb -fabs, -fabbing, -fabbed
2.
(intransitive) to converse
n.
1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.
noun
A talk; discussion (1701+)
verb
: Let’s confab a bit about that idea (1740+)
[fr confabulation]
confabulation
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