yakety-yak
Example Sentences
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Keilly McQuail brings just the right yakety-yak narcissism to her portrayal of Kiki, the clique’s de facto boss and the first to get wed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2018
Now it’s your chance to yakety-yak: Is the form a valid theatrical endeavor?
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2011
Ferguson believed that a paper should be responsible for every word it prints�and so he banned all syndicated columnists, snorting that they print "the yakety-yak that fills the room after the fourth dry martini."
From Time Magazine Archive
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I’m telling you, we can yakety-yak until next Tuesday here.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
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