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Chatty vs Labrish - What's the difference?

chatty | labrish |

As adjectives the difference between chatty and labrish

is that chatty is (informal) of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting while labrish is (jamaica|dialect) talkative, gossipy.

As a noun labrish is

(jamaica|dialect) gossip, rumor, chatty speaking.

As a verb labrish is

(jamaica|dialect) to gossip or talk excessively.

chatty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
  • (informal) Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
  • (WWI slang) Infested with chats, ie, lice

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    labrish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Jamaica, dialect) Talkative, gossipy.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (Jamaica, dialect) Gossip, rumor, chatty speaking.
  • * 2008 Jan. 27, Beth Feinstein-Bartl, "A Tribute to 'Miss Lou' at Library," Miami Herald (retrieved 24 July 2011):
    • Jeanne Powell will tell stories using labrish a traditional Jamaican form of chitchat.

    Verb

  • (Jamaica, dialect) To gossip or talk excessively.
  • * 2011 July 8, Errol W.A. Townshend, " Letters: Callous sacking of 'Aunty Dor'," Jamaica Gleaner (retrieved 24 July 2011):
    • Out there are legions of women who don't own computers or want one. . . . What they do is labrish endlessly on their cellphones and vote.

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , additions series 1997, online ed. (June, 2011)