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- noun informal, sometimes derogatory A session of
chatter orgossip .
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Examples
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But it's not hard to imagine ESPN turning the selection show into a marathon yakfest — perhaps devoting an hour to each of the four regionals? — that would go on and on across prime time.
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Yet I loved this GQ piece on Joe Scarborough, the star of MSNBC's morning yakfest, "Morning Joe," because it somehow managed to make a guy whose work I find inherently uninteresting seem ... interesting.
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I'm often struck by how much of our language has become metaphorical: A few years ago, a Fleet Street colleague accidentally booked himself into a conference on "building bridges" assuming it would be some multiculti community outreach yakfest.
The State Despotic By Mark Steyn 2009
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No, his toilet adventure became the Joke of the Nation on every talk show and drive-time yakfest.
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Geez, RKO must be desperate if they are dragging in such a notorious New Yorker to prop up the Former House Speaker's morning yakfest.
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Perhaps for his next pointless yakfest the president might consider a machete nonproliferation initiative.
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Perhaps for his next pointless yakfest the president might consider a machete nonproliferation initiative.
The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines Mark Steyn 2010
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An impending visit by Sean Avery with whatever NHL team employs him at the moment is always good for a media yakfest.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed David Shoalts 2010
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Perhaps for his next pointless yakfest the president might consider a machete nonproliferation initiative.
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Perhaps for his next pointless yakfest the president might consider a machete nonproliferation initiative.
A Guy In New York chug2005 2010
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