A chinwagger is someone who can't stop talking, especially about other people's business.
A chinwagger is someone who can't stop talking, especially about other people's business. This classic British informal term refers to the kind of person who turns every conversation into a gossip session — the one at the office who knows everyone's drama before it even happens. If you're the chinwagger in your friend group, you're basically a walking news ticker. Rooted in the phrase 'chinwag,' meaning a chat or gossip session, the '-er' suffix turns it into the person doing the wagging.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) To chat, to gossip.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip.
(US, slang, dated) Idle talk; chatter.
(UK, slang, derogatory) An ineffectual upper-class man, typically dim-witted and of a weak or indecisive character, frequently one who gained his position through nepotism or social connections.
Don't tell Lisa anything you want kept secret — she's a total chinwagger and the whole neighborhood will know by teatime.
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(UK, informal) One who chinwags; a gossip.
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