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It is fairly clear that both confab and conflab originate from "confabulation". They have identical meanings as an informal conversation/unstructured dialogue/impromptu meeting.
What does the noun confab mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun confab . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
OED's earliest evidence for confab is from 1741, in the writing of Samuel Richardson, printer and author. It is also recorded as a noun from the early 1700s. confab is formed within English, by clipping or shortening.
Confab. This abbreviation of confabulation dates from the late 17th/early 18th century, 1701, according to the OED. A confab or confabulation means a talk or discussion together, the latter full word dating from c.1613 but its abbreviation had become totally acceptable by 1701.
Mar 6, 2018 · confab (n.)"familiar talk or conversation, chatting," 1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation. Mocking variant conflab is attested from 1852, American English. From 1741 as a verb. Related: Confabbing.
Mar 19, 2020 · Confabulation is a word with two meanings. It can mean simply a conversation, formed from the Latin con (together) + fabulor (to speak, talk). This sense appears in the mid fifteenth century. By the early seventeenth century it had become a verb, to confabulate meaning to converse or talk.
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