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1. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 174181Confab still used? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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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.

2. www.oed.com › dictionary › confab_nconfab, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   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.

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   A complete guide to the word "CONFAB": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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   Confabulation occurs when individuals mistakenly recall false information, without intending to deceive. Brain damage, dementia, and anticholinergic toxidrome can cause this distortion. Two types of confabulation exist: provoked and spontaneous, with two distinctions: verbal and behavioral.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › confabCONFAB | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   CONFAB meaning: 1. an informal discussion, usually about one particular subject: 2. an informal discussion…. Learn more.

6. www.wordorigins.org › confabulation-confab-fableconfabulation / confab / fable — Wordorigins.org

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   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.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCONFAB | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   confab. noun [ C usually singular ] informal uk / ˈkɒn.fæb / us / ˈkɑːn.fæb /. Add to word list. an informal discussion, usually about one particular subject: They had a quick confab to decide on a possible design. Synonym. chat (CONVERSATION) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   What does confab mean?

   • A confab is an informal, private conversation. [informal] [...] present simple: I confab, you confab [...] past simple: I confabbed, you confabbed [...] • conversation, talk, session, discussion [...] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins.

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   Is confab still used?

   • Maybe so, but it doesn't answer the question as to whether it is still used. For many years, starting in at least the early Sixties, confab was used regularly (and correctly) by Hall of Fame baseball announcer Ernie Harwell to describe a small conference at the pitching mound.

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   What is the difference between Confab and conflab?

   • "Confab" is clearly the original abbreviation and appears in significantly more works of reference than "conflab", which seems to be a later corruption of "confab" and has become the more used variation in recent years, possibly because of the additional connotation of "flab"-biness or looseness/informality of the conversation in question.

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   How did a confab end?

   • The confab wound up by a trip to the office of the district attorney. Even the experienced official after a long confab gave it up. When they ain't busy, we all three gets out in the little porches betwixt the cars and confabs together. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What is a 'confabulation'?

   • But 'confabulation' is a word my son uses. He is a post-graduate student in neuroscience, and 'confabulations' are what his granddad (my father) suffered from, in the few years leading up to his recent death aged 99 and three quarters.

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   What causes confabulation?

   • Confabulation occurs when individuals mistakenly recall false information, without intending to deceive. Brain damage, dementia, and anticholinergic toxidrome can cause this distortion. Two types of confabulation exist: provoked and spontaneous, with two distinctions: verbal and behavioral.

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