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gabfest. Gabfest is an Americanism, which like all fest words (e.g., talkfest, funfest) half derives from the annual family fest (from the German Fest, “festival”) held by the German- American Turner family beginning in the mid-19th century. The Turner fest was the model for gabfest, first recorded in 1897, but gab had been used in England for “to talk fluently, very well, or too much.” Gab may be an old Norse word, or may be onomatopoeic like gabble, and has been used since at least 1670. Gift of gab (“He’s got a gift of gab”), the ability to talk well or convincingly, dates back to 1681 in England, while gabby, too, is British, first recorded in 1719. |