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- noun People who are renowned to
chat ,argue anddebate excessively
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Examples
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While clearly identifying some potential problems for the Greens and being dismisive of a whole swath of thinking voters as "chatterati" what this article glosses over is the systemic problems of the ALP in NSW.
newmatilda.com - Comments chrisd 2008
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It is an extremely informed electorate, the "chatterati" is in fact a good description.
newmatilda.com - Comments chrisd 2008
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This deeply misunderstood swally has been the bane of Scotland's middle-class chatterati for years.
2010 – a Mourinho of a year, a special one | Kevin McKenna 2011
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And jon's point about the media's decision not to publish the Danish cartoons or to raise a hue and cry over Wilders shows how conditional the chatterati consider freedom of speech (I remember how mealy mouthed they were over Rushdie's fatwah as well).
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Dontcha gotta despair at the whole bloody lot of the chatterati?
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In the middle of the summer doldrums, Steven Slater's dramatic slide down an airplane evacuation chute has given the chatterati a new topic.
Andrea Chalupa: Caregiver Stress: The Other Side of the JetBlue Freak Out 2010
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Read any blogs - even those of the ghastly BBC - and there is not one jot nor one tittle of enthusiasm for a Cameron-led Tory party outside the Notting Hill chatterati, oh, and Matthew d'Ancona.
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… Yet, so limited is the understanding of the hyperventilating chatterati about parliament, and about how parliamentary scrutiny and accountability should work that they have allowed themselves to fall for this fluff, captured as always by the hystérie du jour, following the agenda set by the MSM.
Damien Green is not above the law shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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After all, it is presumably not for nothing that we sometimes refer to the "Westminster Village" and argue that many of the chatterati who live in Islington or Notting Hill Gate are cut off from the rest of the country in certain serious ways ...
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Among the chatterati these days the favorite topic of conjecture is what the catastrophic Gulf oil spill means for President Obama.
palooka commented on the word chatterati
"The talking heads, pundits, columnists, talk show hosts, etc., who have something "expert" to say on every issue -- whether it's meaningful or not." per Buzzword.com
March 4, 2007
oroboros commented on the word chatterati
Just heard Harry Shearer use this word on his "Le Show" radio program.
October 1, 2007