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chatty cathy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
chat-ty -cathy
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chatterbox; a person who talks a lot.

Informal

Etymology

This was the trade name of a speaking doll, 1960. (See Wikipedia's article on Chatty Cathy.) The term is not attested, but may have existed, before then.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Chatty Cathies (plural)

Synonyms

Mag

Questions

What does chatty cathy mean?
A chatterbox; a person who talks a lot.
Where does chatty cathy come from?
This was the trade name of a speaking doll, 1960. (See Wikipedia's article on Chatty Cathy.) The term is not attested, but may have existed, before then.

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