Friday, November 14, 2008

Confabulators

con·fab·u·late 
intr.v. con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates
1. To talk casually; chat.
2. Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

[Latin confabulara, confabulat- : com-, com- + fabulari, to talk
(from fabula, conversation; see fable).]

con·fab'u·la'tion n.
con·fab'u·la'tor n.
con·fab'u·la·to'ry adj.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 
Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. 
Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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confabulate

verb
1. unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
2. talk socially without exchanging too much information;
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
3. have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
[syn: confer]

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