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talk [n]

1)	an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"

Synonyms :

talking

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conversation speak spill speak mouth cant dialog heart-to-heart shmooze shop_talk idle_words cackle

2)	(`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion; "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

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discourse mouth speak

3)	the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

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lecture chalk_talk

4)	a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

Synonyms :

lecture public_lecture

See Also:

address lecture

5)	idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"

Synonyms :

talk_of_the_town

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comment babble

talk [v]

1)	exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

Synonyms :

speak

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communicate speech speak_for carry_on discourse pontificate orate talk_down spiel dogmatise cheek level talk_turkey monologuise converse butterfly dish_the_dirt rap

2)	express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

Synonyms :

mouth speak utter verbalise verbalize

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communicate verbalisation speaker back_talk mouth mouth mouth jabber utterance speech speaking speak_up read phonate troll begin lip_off shout whisper peep snap enthuse speak_in_tongues swallow verbalise whiff talk_about blubber drone bumble rasp blunder inflect deliver generalise blab chatter jaw open_up snivel murmur maunder slur bark bay hiss cackle babble chant gulp sing

3)	use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

Synonyms :

speak

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communicate speaker language speaking run_on smatter slang

4)	reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

Synonyms :

spill

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babble tell

5)	divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

Synonyms :

babble babble_out blab blab_out let_the_cat_out_of_the_bag peach sing spill_the_beans tattle

6)	deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

Synonyms :

lecture

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instruct lecture speaker lecture lector lecturer preach

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

A Unix program and protocol supporting conversation between two or more users who may be logged into the same computer or different computers on a network. Variants include ntalk, ytalk, and ports or emulators of these programs for other platforms.

Unix has the talk program and protocol and its variants xtalk and ytalk for the X Window System; VMS has phone; Windows for Workgroups has chat. ITS also has a talk system. These split the screen into separate areas for each user.

Unix's write command can also be used, though it does not attempt to separate input and output on the screen.

Users of such systems are said to be in talk mode which has many conventional abbreviations and idioms. Most of these survived into chat jargon, but many fell out of common use with the migration of user prattle from talk-like systems to chat systems in the early 1990s. These disused talk-specific forms include:

"BYE?" - are you ready to close the conversation? This is the standard way to end a talk-mode conversation; the other person types "BYE" to confirm, or else continues the conversation.

"JAM"/"MIN" - just a minute

"O" - "over" (I have stopped talking). Also "/" as in x/y - x over y, or two newlines (the latter being the most common).

"OO" - "over and out" - end of conversation.

"\" - Greek lambda.

"R U THERE?" - are you there?

"SEC" - wait a second.

"/\/\/" - laughter. But on a MUD, this usually means "earthquake fault".

See also talk bomb.

(1998-01-25)

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