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#94266 02/08/08 04:10 PM
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2004 - W&E - please show some respect to us all and stop the hijacking. start your own topic to post all your jibber gabber.

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Shouldn't it be "jibber jabber"? I've never heard "gabber" before. Is it french?

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And why the hyphen in the title, but none in the subject. is a little consistency too much to ask?

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I believe this is the origin and correct spelling W&E

jibba jabba---Mr Tism: means 'alot of crap', fool


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Yeah, thats much fo better.

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Let the battle begian! I lay 3-5 odds on W&E.

Coach J #94272 02/08/08 04:45 PM
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I get all my material from Hurst. He's the real (lack of) brains behind the operation. Still mad about the oysters, Hurst!

Coach Young #94273 02/08/08 05:31 PM
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Shouldn't it be "jibber jabber"? I've never heard "gabber" before. Is it french?




gab (gab)
intr.v. gabbed, gab·bing, gabs
To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.

n. Idle talk; chatter.

[Middle English gabben, to scoff, speak foolishly, from Old Norse gabba, to scoff.]

gab'ber n.

So, a "gabber" would be someone who speaks constantly and idly about trivial matters; "gabbing" would be talking incessantly about nothing of substance. Ex: "We're all sitting around gabbing instead of working here."

Or: "Don't hate the gabber. Hate the gab."


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Coach Chass #94274 02/08/08 05:33 PM
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So is W&E a gabber or just someone who gabs?

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Can I be both?

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