yakfest

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noun

A session of chatter or gossip.

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Meanings

nounyakfest (plural yakfests)

plural yakfests

  1. derogatoryinformalsometimesA session of chatter or gossip.

    As Burress said, he wasn’t guaranteeing, merely predicting, enlisting in the army of visionaries during this weeklong yakfest.

    2008 February 3, Harvey Araton, “Prediction: Burress’s Projection Won’t Hurt”, in New York Times
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    At any given moment, Pop would be having a yakfest with someone on the other side who would be diagnosing one of his patients or training him in some new form of healing.

    2010, Philip Smith, Walking Through Walls: A Memoir, page 164

Origin

From yak + -fest.

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yakfest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakfest

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“yakfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakfest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yakfest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakfest.

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