Chat

Definition: Chat

Chat

Noun

1. An informal conversation.

2. Birds having a chattering call.

3. Songbirds having a chattering call.

Verb

1. Chew the fat; shoot the breeze.

Date "chat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Note: Chat \Chat\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Chatted; Chatting.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Chat Any system that allows any number of logged-in users to have a typed, real-time, on-line conversation, either by all users logging into the same computer, or more commonly nowadays, via a network. The medium of chat is descended from talk, but the terms (and the media) have been distinct since at least the early 1990s. talk is prototypically for a small number of people, generally with no provision for channels. In chat systems, however, there are many channels in which any number of people can talk; and users may send private (one-to-one) messages. Some well known chat systems to date (1998) include IRC, ICQ and Palace. Chat systems have given rise to a distinctive style combining the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails. It is difficult to communicate inflection, though conventions have arisen to help with this. The conventions of chat systems include special items of jargon, generally abbreviations meant to save typing, which are not used orally. E.g., re, BCNU, BBL, BTW, CUL, FWIW, FYA, FYI, IMHO, OTT, TNX, WRT, WTF, WTH, ">, ">, BBL, HHOK, NHOH, ROTFL, AFK, b4, TTFN, TTYL, OIC, re. Much of the chat style is identical to (and probably derived from) Morse code jargon used by ham-radio amateurs since the 1920s, and there is, not surprisingly, some overlap with TDD jargon. Most of the jargan was in use in talk systems. Many of these expressions are also common in Usenet news and electronic mail and some have seeped into popular culture, as with emoticons. The MUD community uses a mixture of emoticons, a few of the more natural of the old-style talk mode abbreviations, and some of the "social" list above; specifically, MUD respondents report use of BBL, BRB, LOL, b4, BTW, WTF, TTFN, and WTH. The use of "re" or "rehi" is also common; in fact, MUDders are fond of "re-" compounds and will frequently "rehug" or "rebonk" (see bonk/oif) people. In general, though, MUDders express a preference for typing things out in full rather than using abbreviations; this may be due to the relative youth of the MUD cultures, which tend to include many touch typists. Abbreviations specific to MUDs include: FOAD, ppl (people), THX (thanks), UOK? (are you OK?). Some BIFFisms (notably the variant spelling "d00d") and aspects of ASCIIbonics appear to be passing into wider use among some subgroups of MUDders and are already pandemic on chat systems in general. See also hakspek. Suck article "Screaming in a Vacuum" (http://www.suck.com/daily/96/10/23/). (1998-01-25). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Literature	Chat Nid d'une souris dans Voreille d'un chat. A mare's nest. This French phrase is the translation of a line in Wynkyn de Worde's Amusing Questions, printed in English in 1511. "Demand: What is that that never was and never will be? Response: A mouse's nest in a cat's ear." (See Mare's Nest ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	The finely crushed gangue remaining after the extraction of lead and zinc minerals in the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Theterm is derived from chert. See also:chats. (references)
Multilingual Slang	Swiss German (schnore ). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CHAT	English	Thesaurus of engineering and scientific terms	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Chat

Synonyms: confab (n), confabulation (n), schmoose (n), schmooze (n), chaffer (v), chatter (v), chitchat (v), claver (v), confabulate (v), gossip (v), jaw (v), natter (v), visit (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Caution	Think twice, look before one leaps, count the cost, look to the main chance, cut one's coat according to one's cloth; feel one's ground, feel one's way; see how the land lies; (foresight); wait to see how the cat jumps; bridle one's tongue; reculer pour mieux sauter; (prepare); let well alone, let well enough alone; let sleeping dogs lie, ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort.
Conversation	Verb: talk together, converse, confabulate; hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation; put in a word; shine in conversation; bandy words; parley; palaver; chat, gossip, tattle; prate; (loquacity); powwow.
	Causerie, chat, chitchat; small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk; tattle, gossip, babble, babblement; tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit; talk of the town, talk of the village.
Pitfall	Ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort; firebrand, hornet's nest.
Warning	Phrase: ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort; foenum habet in cornu; caveat actor; le silence du people est la legon des rois; verbum sat sapienti; un averti en vaut deux.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Chat

English words defined with "chat": butterfly ♦ chat show, chat up, Chatted, Chatting, coquet, coquette ♦ dally, deipnosophist ♦ falsely, flirt ♦ mash ♦ philander ♦ Romance ♦ Saxicola torquata, stonechat ♦ talk show, Tattlery. (references)

Specialty definitions using "chat": AFK, amateur packet radio ♦ Cat Proverbs, channel hopping, Chat de Beaugency, chat room, Client To Client Protocol, client/server, client-server, Cognitive rehearsal, comm mode, Computer Mediated Communication ♦ Direct Client to Client Protocol ♦ EFNet, ENQ ♦ flamer ♦ green room ♦ hot chat, Hotline Connect ♦ ICQ, Internet Relay Chat, IRC ♦ Jeff K. ♦ Maron ♦ newbie ♦ Puss in Boots ♦ Roland ♦ scrolling, spod ♦ talk mode, talker system, teledildonics, The Microsoft Network, Turing test ♦ Undernet ♦ YTalk. (references)

Etymologies containing "chat": Stonechat. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Chat" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (cat, Gib, kitten, puss).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Chat away (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I just wanted to have a little chat with Warren (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen) Clarice, there's nothing I'd love more in the world than to chat with you. Unfortunately, you've caught me at an awkward moment (Hannibal; writing credit: David Mamet) Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but you're a total bitch (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Cat, hat. In French chat chapeau (The Cat in the Hat; writing credit: Dr. Seuss)
Lyrics	Internet access, some website chat line, mad cause I got mine, oh done wind up (#1; performing artist: Nelly) Naw go laba laba and a chat pure phart (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy) Now and then have a chat. (Oedipus Rex; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	Un chat sous l'évier (1974) De Béthune au chat noir (1974) Le Chat (1971) Les Contes du Chat Perché (1968) Le Chat dans le sac (1964)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Chat with God, Prayer Journal (reference) Fat Chat With Tamara: How I Lost 100 Pounds and You Can Too (reference) In the Chat Room With God (reference) Irc & Online Chat (reference) Joy of Cooking: A Compilation of Reliable Recipes With a Casual Culinary Chat (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Cad Chat (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Chat Room (reference) Newtons Apple:Boomerang Stars Chat (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Anouar Brahem: Le pas du chat noir (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Cordless Headset 100ft Range for Voice Chat Int. Tel (reference) Chat Server Entry 1.6 [DOWNLOAD] (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Alfred Ginty (l) and Bill Day enjoy a chat on bales of tobacco after the auction at a tobacco warehouse in Danville, VA. Credit: USDA.		Common yellow-breasted Chat standing on small branch. Credit: Unknown.
	[Nurse stopping to chat with old woman] / A Paul Parker photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		A real fire-side chat!. Credit: Library of Congress.
	This plan of mine is no attack on the Court -- President's chat. Credit: Library of Congress.		Allied military conference in India. Following a session of the Allied military conferences held recently in India, two of the U.S. Army delegates stop to chat. At left is Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, in command of Service of Supply for the U.S. A. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Merry Katie Emmett in Chat, an American boy. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Converse; background noise; gathering; party; cocktail; chat; chitchat; commune; confer; discourse; exchange; gab; parley; rap; schmoose; speak; yack; talk.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Grandmama was quite well, had a charming evening with Mr. Woodhouse, a vast deal of chat, and backgammon
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The two women continued to chat.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The site might even provide features such as a chat room and access to an expert for answers to individual questions. (references)
Business		The roll out is reportedly slated to take place in three phases; e-mail, chat and advanced services. (references)
		These are frequently used by chat lines and by organizations wishing to profit from providing customer help desk support. (references)
		Main users of SMS are young people aged between 15 and 25 who use SMS to chat, set-up meeting times, and notify each other’s whereabouts. (references)
Civil Liberties	China	Promoting "evil cults" was banned as was providing information that "disturbs social order or undermines social stability." One new regulation, covering chat rooms, requires all service providers to monitor content and restrict controversial topics. (references)
	Singapore	Government intimidation and pressure to conform result in the practice of self-censorship among journalists; however, there was some limited progress towards greater openness during the year, including a moderate level of ongoing debate in newspapers and Internet chat groups on various public issues. (references)
Economic History	Chile	In addition, users navigate the Internet primarily for education, email, work and chat. (references)
Political Economy	Ethiopia	Exports consist primarily of coffee, chat, hides, skins, beans, and oilseeds. (references)
	Singapore	There was a moderate level of ongoing debate in newspapers and Internet chat groups on various public issues. (references)
Travel	Egypt	If you have previously met with the person, chat about common friends, family, children, etc. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Chat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 70.15% of the time. "Chat" is used about 1,128 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	70.15%	791	8,767
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	23.83%	269	17,948
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.43%	50	48,117
Noun (proper)	1.33%	15	90,616
Unclassified Items	0.27%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	1,128	N/A

Expressions using "chat": back chat ♦ Bush chat ♦ chat a little ♦ chat about ♦ chat away ♦ chat much ♦ Chat potatoes ♦ chat room ♦ chat show ♦ chat smb. ♦ chat smb. up ♦ chat up ♦ chit chat ♦ fallow chat ♦ Gorse chat ♦ have a chat ♦ have a chat with smb. ♦ hot chat ♦ internet Relay Chat ♦ ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort ♦ ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort ♦ new World chat ♦ old World chat. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "chat": chat-and-pat, chat-line, chat-lines, chat-pieces, chat-show, chat-shows, Chat-to-stars, chat-up, chat-up line, chat-ups.
	Ending with "chat": chit-chat.
	Containing "chat": Cri-du-Chat Syndrome.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "chat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		muhabet (causerie, chin, confabulation, conversation, small talk, table talk, talk, visit), fjalosem (talk with), bisedoj (confab, confabulate, converse, discourse, have a talk, socialize, speak, talk), bisedë (causerie, colloquy, confabulation, conversation, discourse, interlocution, interview, talk). (various references)

Arabic		‏لغو (chatter, chitchat, crack, logorrhea, loquacity, moonshine, palaver, slipslop, small talk, tittle tattle, twitter), ‏حديث (colloquy, conversation, discourse, late, modernistic, new, newfangled, palaver, speech, talk, yarn), ‏تحادث في غير كلفة, ‏الأبلق, ‏ثرثرة (babble, blab, blabber, boastfulness, breeze, cackle, chatter, clatter, gab, gabble, garrulity, gas, gibberish, jabber, jactitation, logorrhea, loquacity, patter, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, tattler, tittle tattle, twaddle, yap). (various references)

Bulgarian		водя непринуден разговор, вид пойна птица (thrasher), непринуден разговор, брътвеж (babble, footle, palaver, prate, prattle, quack, rigmarole, wash), плямпам (babble, gas, prate, prattle). (various references)

Chinese		聊天兒 , 闲谈, 談天 , 閒談 , 交談 (converse, talk with each other), 敘談 , 擺龍門陣 (gossip, spin a yarn). (various references)

Czech		rozhovor (conversation, dialogue, interview, talk), povídat si (confabulate, gossip), povídání (chitchat, narration, talk, talking), pokec (jaw), pohovor (interview), klábosit (chatter, gossip, jaw, jazz, natter, talk), bavit se (disport, talk). (various references)

Danish		snakke (chatter, gossip, speak, talk). (various references)

Dutch		praten (chatter, speak, talk), keuvelen (chatter), babbelen (chatter). (various references)

Esperanto		babili (chatter), babilado. (various references)

Faeroese		tosa (chatter, speak, talk), práta (chatter, converse). (various references)

Farsi		گپ زدن (Gab), گپ (Jaber), سخن دوستانه , دوستانه حرف زدن , درددل . (various references)

Finnish		tarinoida (talk, tell), rupattelu (small talk), rupattaa, rupatella, puhella jonkun kanssa (converse, have a talk with, talk), puhe (address, oration, speech, talk), pakista, pakinoida, pakina (causerie, talk), lörpötellä (babble, blab, chatter), kolja (haddock), juttelu (talk), jutella (talk), haastella (have a chat, talk). (various references)

French		bavarder (chatter), bavardage (chatting, chitchat). (various references)

German		plaudern (chatter, make small talk, natter, prate, talk, to chat, to chin-wag), unterhaltung (amusement, conversation, conversations, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, maintenance, operation, recreation, talk, upkeep), schwatz (chinwag, jaw, natter), plauderei (chat show, chin-wag, confabulation, conversation, talk). (various references)

Greek		κουβέντα (causerie, confab, confabulation, conversation, talk), κουβεντιάζω (confab, confabulate, have a chat, rag, speak, spiel, talk). (various references)

Hebrew		לשוחח שיחה קלה, לשוחח (converse, discourse, discuss, parley, talk), לפטפט (babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gossip, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, shoot ones mouth off), לגלגל שיחה, שיחה קלה (chit chat, small talk), פטפוט (babble, chatter, garrulity, prattle, small talk), רכילות (gossip, hearsay, libel, scandal, slander, tale taling, tattle). (various references)

Hungarian		csevegés (chit chat, chit-chat, confabulation, crack, gossip, gossiping, small talk, talk), cseveg (chatter, confabulate, to chat, to chirp, to shoot the breeze, to smatter). (various references)

Icelandic		masa (chatter, gossip), blaðra (chatter, gossip). (various references)

Indonesian		celetuk (gossip, say something abruptly), mengobrol (chit-chat, tittle-tattle, yack), memgosip (gossip), bercengkrama, beka (discuss). (various references)

Irish		craic. (various references)

Italian		chiacchierare (blab, chatter, gossip, natter, prate, rap, talk, tattle, twaddle, visit), pettegolezzo (gossip, talk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		話 (conversation, speech, story, talk). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おしゃべり (blabbermouth, chatterbox, chattering, chatty, chitchat, gossip, idle talk, talk, talkative), チャット , しゃべり (talk), まんだん (desultory conversation), せけんばなし (gossip), かたらい (lovers vow, talk, troth), かんだん (constantly, continuously, heat and cold, idle talk, pleasant talk, quiet conversation, temperature), むだばなし (gossip, idle talk), はなし (conversation, speech, story, talk). (various references)

Korean		잡담. (various references)

Malay		mengobrol (chatter). (various references)

Manx		tutlerys (chatter, gossip, tale-bearing, tale-telling, tattle, tittle-tattle), goaill cowag (chatter), cooisheragh, cooish (business, case, cause, conversation, love affair, suit, theme). (various references)

Norwegian		skravle (chatter, gab, gossip, jaw). (various references)

Pig Latin		atchay.(various references)

Polish		gawędzić (chatter). (various references)

Portuguese		bate-papo (chitchat, conversation), tagarelar (blather, blether, cackle, chatter, chipper, clack, clat, clatter, dodder, gab, gabble, gas, gossip, jabber, jaw, keckle, patter, prate, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle). (various references)

Romanian		conversaţie intimã (commune), conversaţie (confabulation, conversation, dialogue, discourse, interlocution, jaw, talk), trancana (chatter), toca (bother, chop, hack, hash, hew, melt, mince, squander), tãifãsui, sta de vorbã (confabulate, converse, talk, tell), sporovãi (chatter, drivel, grind, jabber), sfãtui (admonish, advise, confer, consult, counsel, deliberate, exhort, recommend, Rede, rule, school, tip), palavragealã, şuetã (gossip). (various references)

Russian		болтовня (badinage, banter, blether, cackle, chatter, chitchat, clatter, confabulation, footle, gab, gammon, gas, gassing, gossip, gup, hubble bubble, jive, mag, patter, piffle, rattle, spiels, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, wish-wash), болтать (blab, cank, chatter, chin, confabulate, cosher, gab, haver, jabber, natter, prate, prattle, rattle, shoot the breeze, tattle, twitter, witter), беседовать беседа, дружеский разговор (confabulation). (various references)

Scottish		briot, briotal (chit-chat). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		razgovor (colloquy, conversation, interview, talk), razgovarati (confabulate, converse), ćaskati (chitchat, confabulate, make small talk), ćaskanje (chatter, small talk, tea-table conversation). (various references)

Shona		-kurukura (to chat). (various references)

Spanish		charlar (chatter, chin, gab, gas, gossip, jaw, natter, prate, prattle, shoot the bull, talk, visit, yap). (various references)

Swedish		snacka (chatter, chew the fat, gas, gossip, jaw, palaver, prattle), småprata (chit chat, confabulate). (various references)

Turkish		sohbet etmek (commune, confab, confabulate, converse, have a chat, have a talk, socialize), sohbet (causerie, chitchat, confab, confabulation, conversation, gabfest, talk), söyleşmek (commune, converse, have a chat), söyleşi (causerie, chatting, conversation), laflamak (cackle, have a chat, visit), lafa tutmak (chat smb., chat smb. up, draw smb. into talk, engage in conversation), konuşma (address, allocution, causerie, conversation, delivery, discourse, harangue, interlocution, oration, speaking, speech, spiel, spoken, talk, talking, utterance), kandırmaya çalışmak (chat smb., chat smb. up), hoşbeş etmek (have a chat, have a gossip, have a yarn), hoşbeş (confab, confabulation, gossip, talk), gevezelik etmek (babble, blab, cackle, chatter, clack, gabble, gossip, natter, prate, prattle, tattle), ötücü kuş türü, çene çalmak (chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chitchat, gossip, have a gossip, jaw, prattle, visit). (various references)

Turkmen		sцhbet (discussion), lakgyldamak. (various references)

Ukrainian		теревенити (chatter, chin), воша (louse), невимушено розмовляти, невимушена розмова, нахабство (assurance, audacity, barefacedness, cheek, contumely, effrontery, hardihood, insolence, insolency, neck, nerve, sauce), зухвалість (assuredness, audacity, barefacedness, cheek, effrontery, forwardness, hardiness, immodesty, impertinence, lip, neck, nerve, outrecuidance), балакати (babble, blab, palaver, prose), порожня руда. (various references)

Vietnamese		chuyện thân thuộc, chuyện phiếm (confab, prattle, small talk), chuyện gẫu. (various references)

Welsh		ymgomio (converse), ymgom (conversation), sgwrsio (talk), sgwrs (conversation, talk). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	fabularentur, fabulationes, Gadus aeglefinus, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "chat": chatchka, chatchkas, chatchke, chatchkes, chateau, chateaubriand, chateaubriands, chateaus, chateaux, chatelain, chatelaine, chatelaines, chatelains, chatoyance, chatoyances, chatoyancies, chatoyancy, chatoyant, chatoyants, chats, chatted, chattel, chattels, chatter, chatterbox, chatterboxes, chattered, chatterer, chatterers, chattering, chatters, chattery, chattier, chattiest, chattily, chattiness, chattinesses, chatting, chatty. (additional references)
	Words ending with "chat": backchat, chitchat, entrechat, stonechat, whinchat, woodchat. (additional references)
	Words containing "chat": backchats, chitchats, chitchatted, chitchatting, entrechats, eschatological, eschatologically, eschatologies, eschatology, exarchate, exarchates, leachate, leachates, matriarchate, matriarchates, moschate, patriarchate, patriarchates, stonechats, whinchats, woodchats. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Chat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahat, bhat, caat, cahag, cahg, cahot, cath, ceat, Cgatt, Chaa, chaat, Chac, chach, chae, chaf, chaft, chag, Chah, chai, chait, chal, chalt, chao, chaot, chapt, chash, Chato, chax, chay, chaz, chesh, chet, chett, chhay, chhet, chhish, chiast, Chiat, chilt, Chiot, chish, choat, chot, Chota, choti, Choto, Chott, chut, clatt, crat, Dhat, ghat, Hcab, hcha, hct, katt, khaf, khat, Khata, Khit, kjat, Pchitt, phat, rhat, Schatt, tchah, Ucha. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "chat" (pronounced kha"t)
2	-a" t	at, bat, batt, begat, brat, cat, fat, flat, Gat, gnat, hat, Kat, mat, Matt, matte, nonfat, Pat, rat, sat, scat, slat, spat, splat, stat, Tat, that, vat.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: tach.
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-t"
	-1 letter: act, cat, hat.
	-2 letters: ah, at, ha, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-t"
	+1 letter: aitch, batch, catch, chant, chapt, chart, chats, cheat, hatch, latch, match, natch, patch, ratch, tache, tachs, teach, thack, theca, watch, yacht.
	+2 letters: attach, cachet, cahoot, canthi, catchy, caught, chaeta, chalet, chalot, chants, chanty, charts, chaste, chatty, chaunt, cheats, chetah, chital, cratch, cushat, datcha, detach, haptic, hepcat, klatch, nautch, patchy, phatic, rachet, sachet, scathe, slatch, snatch, stanch, starch, swatch, taches, thacks, thatch, thecae, thecal, thwack, waucht, yachts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
chat	113,455	aol chat	2,333
chat room	51,593	web chat	2,123
yahoo chat	31,652	christian chat	2,103
teen chat	24,327	chat pc	1,928
chat software	22,110	chat avenue	1,845
msn chat	12,924	adult chat room	1,708
teen chat room	10,034	free sex chat	1,576
latin chat	8,301	chat live	1,375
free chat room	6,073	chat site	1,356
free chat	6,037	free adult chat	1,275
gay chat	4,193	chat with people	1,215
kid chat	4,174	el chat	1,175
adult chat	3,989	voice chat	1,044
chat online	3,321	lesbian chat	1,037
yahoo chat room	3,293	chat gay.com	1,035
sex chat	3,067	chat kampung	1,021
chat line	2,982	chat house	1,004
video chat	2,676	xxx chat	970
kid chat room	2,636	adult chat network	937
web cam chat	2,627	gay chat room	933
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Chat

Definition: Chat

Chat

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Chat

Specialty Definition: Chat

Chat (bird)

Chat room

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Chat

CHAT

Synonyms: Chat

Synonyms within Context: Chat

Caution

Conversation

Pitfall

Warning

Crosswords: Chat

Modern Usage: Chat

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Chat

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Chat

Photos:Chat

Illustrations:Chat

Computer Images:Chat

Photo Album: Chat

Digital Photo Gallery: Chat

Sounds Captioned with "Chat".

Use in Literature: Chat

Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Chat

Usage Frequency: Chat

Expressions: Chat

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Chat

Modern Translation: Chat

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Malay

Manx

Norwegian

Pig Latin

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scottish

Serbo-Croatian

Shona

Spanish

Photos:
Chat

Illustrations:
Chat

Computer Images:
Chat