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chatterboxes

noun

plural of chatterbox

as in chatterers

a person who talks constantly my seat companion was a chatterbox who never once stopped talking

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Recent Examples of chatterboxes First, Dillon’s competitors in the White House, the academic economists led by Walter Heller at the Council of Economic Advisers, became chatterboxes, as Dillon went on to other pursuits. — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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The district further encouraged the public to report dead birds — particularly crows, jays, and magpies which are especially susceptible to the West Nile virus — to the California Department of Public Health to aid with mosquito surveillance and control efforts.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
Why all single magpies have to be men is unclear — the patriarchy in action.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026

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Even when Romanzy goes off on how stupid and ugly Caleb is — and gossips that his parents abandoned him because something must be wrong with him — Mary goes along with it.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
The piece contends that while rumors circulated among political gossips and online, these remained unsubstantiated whispers that did not meet journalism’s evidentiary threshold for publication.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

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