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friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
the slumber party was an all-night gabfest filled with gossip, giggling, and whispered secrets
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Recent Examples of gabfest
Allen’s gabfests later in the episode — with guests including singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme and baseball star Willie Mays — set the tone for the conversational, anecdote-rich interviews that set the late-night vibe that remains today.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
10 June 2026
And his Julie Delpy–Ethan Hawke romantic gabfests Before Sunset and Before Midnight were nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars in 2004 and 2015, respectively.
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Chris Lee,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
Among the content coming to Netflix beginning early next year will be The Bill Simmons Podcast, the cinema-nerd gabfest The Rewatchables and The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
14 Oct. 2025
In the period of late night's rapid expansion, Showtime's gabfest stood out for pure personality and low-key conversational charm.
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Ew Staff,
EW.com,
14 Dec. 2022
However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest.
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Jonathon Ramsey,
Car and Driver,
11 Nov. 2022
Third quarter, here’s Bob Myers dropping into the TV gabfest.
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Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
12 Dec. 2020
Calls can last for up to 24 hours (quite the gabfest), and are encrypted and password-protected.
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Adam Lashinsky,
Fortune,
6 July 2020
But there are only so many airings of marbles races, old games and gabfests about the April 23–25 NFL draft—an event that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels as significant as a speck of sand—that viewers can take.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
14 Apr. 2020
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
10 June 2026
And his Julie Delpy–Ethan Hawke romantic gabfests Before Sunset and Before Midnight were nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars in 2004 and 2015, respectively.
—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
Among the content coming to Netflix beginning early next year will be The Bill Simmons Podcast, the cinema-nerd gabfest The Rewatchables and The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
14 Oct. 2025
In the period of late night's rapid expansion, Showtime's gabfest stood out for pure personality and low-key conversational charm.
—
Ew Staff,
EW.com,
14 Dec. 2022
However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest.
—
Jonathon Ramsey,
Car and Driver,
11 Nov. 2022
Third quarter, here’s Bob Myers dropping into the TV gabfest.
—
Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
12 Dec. 2020
Calls can last for up to 24 hours (quite the gabfest), and are encrypted and password-protected.
—
Adam Lashinsky,
Fortune,
6 July 2020
But there are only so many airings of marbles races, old games and gabfests about the April 23–25 NFL draft—an event that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels as significant as a speck of sand—that viewers can take.
—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
14 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gabfest
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The association has sent emails in recent months reminding residents not to violate the clause, including in group chats.
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Executive coffee chats create low-barrier access to decision-makers.
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Emmys season is about ot begin, and with it, a slew of contenders destined for nominations and memorialization by way of snubs chatter.
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There is a lot of chatter out there on the interwebs about who will and won’t be in the house for Big Brother season 28.
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The talks come after the Qatari prime minister met with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Tuesday to discuss ongoing US-Iran talks and regional developments.
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Peace talks between the two countries are still inching along, with one of the key points up for discussion being how to regulate the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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If this is true, the anonymous e-mailer, who worked at Domino’s with Webb, had inflated a report of some harmless chitchat between Crosby and her tenants into an actionable violation of jurors’ instructions not to discuss the case.
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For decades, late-night TV has introduced trailblazers trying to break, or reinvent, the staid routine of stand-up monologues and celebrity chitchat.
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