Meaning of chatterati | Babel Free

Definitions

People who chat, argue and debate.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“2002, Annabelle Sreberny, “Trauma talk⟳,” in Journalism After September 11, Barbara Zelizer and Stuart Allan edd. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0415287995&id=zHs5FsL2pAIC&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&sig=xCPKCNE7rqbp3yj9eDEhIlq_94o The newspaper the Guardian, together with its Sunday sister the Observer, are the liberal papers of choice among the middle-class chatterati.”

“Perhaps some Anatolian Leigh Fermor had a bestseller among the chatterati of Topkapi with his Travels in the Egripos.”

“At last⟳, after many years, the doctrine of multi-culturalism is being questioned. The chatterati have⟳ long held onto this as a core belief, a multi-cultural society where hundreds of different cultures exist⟳ side by side, and anyone criticising it has been labeled as a racist.”

“2005 Christina Odone, in the Manchester Guardian, quoted in Credo by Ray Pritchard http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1581347197&id=uR7gKh4CWUIC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&sig=58JatuzqcghLCAd6Tazni_ntH2U From when to die⟳ to when to give⟳ birth, from whom to have⟳ sex with, to how to spend⟳ their money, the chatteratis believe⟳ they should enjoy⟳ unlimited freedom.”

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