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chattering classes

intellectuals, literary and media people, etc. as a group usually thought of as being liberal in discussing political and social issues

Etymology: ? < living-room political discussion groups in London in late 1980s

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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