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Etymology
Imitative or onomatopoetic in origin.

Noun
en-noun|sg=yackety-yak

1. slang prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip

Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb|yackety-yakk|ing

1. slang To talk pointlessly and uniterruptedly

Alternative spellings
yakety-yak
yakity-yak

Synonyms
Gossip

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• 2007-07-24 03:12 - BD2412 - onomatopoeic --> onomatopoetic ([[Project:AWB|AWB]])

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