informal talk

  • 121chalk talk — noun a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk • Hypernyms: ↑talk * * * a talk or lecture in which the speaker illustrates points by drawing on a blackboard: The coach gave a chalk talk before the big game. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * chalk talk noun (N …

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  • 122happy talk — noun Date: 1973 1. informal talk among the participants in a television news broadcast; also a broadcast format featuring such talk 2. optimistic talk …

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  • 123trash talk US — informal noun insulting or boastful speech intended to demoralize, intimidate, or humiliate. verb (trash talk) use such speech. Derivatives trash talker noun …

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  • 124pillow talk — informal conversations that people who are in love have when they are in bed together. She enjoyed most the quiet time they spent together after they had made love, the pillow talk, the shared embraces …

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  • 125You're a fine one to talk! — informal something that you say when someone criticizes another person for doing something that they do themselves. He s always complaining. You re a fine one to talk! …

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  • 126big talk — Informal. exaggeration; bragging. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 127sweet talk — Informal. cajolery; soft soap. [1925 30] * * * …

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  • 128don't talk to me about - — informal said in protest when someone introduces a subject of which the speaker has had bitter personal experience …

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