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.

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

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con·fab'u·la'tion n.

con·fab'u·la'tor n.

con·fab'u·la·to'ry adj.

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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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