yackety-yakEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishyackety-yak /ˌjakətɪˈjak / (also yackety-yack) informal ▸ noun [mass noun] trivial or unduly persistent conversation: you'll have to cope with the ringtones and yackety-yak of fellow passengers. ▸ verb ( yackety-yaks, yackety-yakking, yackety-yakked) [no object] talk at length about trivial or boring subjects. – ORIGIN 1950s: imitative: compare with yak2.
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